794
Several accessories may be
included in same indiet- inent.
24 & 25
Vict. c. 91, s. 6.
Abettor in
misdemeanor may be indicted, etc., as principal offender.
24 & 25
Vict. c. 94, s. 8.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865.
ACCESSORIES GENERALLY.
6. Any number of accessories at different times to any felony, and any number of receivers at different times of property stolen at one time, may be charged with substan- tive felonies in the same indictment and may be tried together, notwithstanding that the principal felon is not included in the same indictment or is not in custody or amenable to justice.
7. Every person who aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of any misdemeanor, whether the same is a misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Act or Ordinance, shall be liable to be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.
8. The Accessories and Abettors Ordinance, 1866. is repealed,
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Ordinance amends the law relating to accesso- ries to and abettors of indictable offences.
2. Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, are re-enactments of sec- rious 2 to 5 inclusive and section 8 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865, except that in each of these sections the words "Act or
are inserted before the word Ordinance. This amendment is important for such cases at that of piracy with acts endangering life, which is made a felony by 7 William IV and 1 Vict. c. 88.
3. As attainder has been abolished (see section 70 of Ordinance 9 of 1899), section 6 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865 has not been re-enacted.
4. Section 6 of this Ordinance re-enacts section 7 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865.
5. Section 13 repeals Ordinance No. 3 of 1865.
29th August, 1929.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.
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