ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1845.

Good Order and Cleanliness.

lawful for any Magistrate to make an order for the delivery of such goods or money to the party who shall appear to be the rightful owner thereof, or in case the owner cannot be ascertained, then to make such order with respect to such goods or money as to such Magistrate shall seem meet: Provided always that no such order shall be any bar to the right of any person or persons to sue the party to whom such goods or money shall be delivered, and to recover such goods or money from him by action at law, provided that such action shall be commenced within six calendar months next after such order shall be made.

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Power to remand or enlarge prisoners on recognizances.

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36. And be it further enacted and ordained, that any Magistrate, if he shall think fit, may remand any person who shall be charged before him with any felony or misdemeanour upon his personal recognizance (with or without sureties), and every such recognizance shall be conditioned for the appearance of such person before the same or some other Magistrate, for further examination, or to surrender himself to take his trial at the Supreme Court, at a day and place to be therein mentioned, and the Magistrate shall be at liberty from time to time to enlarge every such recognizance to such further time as he shall appoint, and every such recognizance which shall not be enlarged shall be discharged without fee or reward, when the party shall have appeared according to the condition thereof: Provided always, that when any Magistrate shall take the recognizance of any person to appear at the Supreme Court, the Magistrate shall be bound to return the depositions taken in the case and to bind over the witnesses to appear and give evidence in like manner as if he had committed the party to take his trial at such Court.

37. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent or other officer of Police to require any person whose duty it shall be to remove any filth or obstruction, or to do any other matter or thing required to be done by this Ordinance, so to do within a certain time to be then fixed by the said Superintendent or other officer, and that in default of such requisition being complied with, the said Superintendent or other officer shall and may cause to be removed such filth or obstruction, or do or cause to be done such other matter or thing as aforesaid; and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate before whom the offender shall have been convicted to order and adjudge such offender, in addition to the penalties hereinbefore

Expenses of obstruction, removing &c. [See Ord. No. 8 of 1856 s. 17 and Ord. No. 12 of 1856 s. 12.]

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