ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1865.
Larceny, &c.
his master or employer, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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Embezzlement by servants.
55. Whosoever, being a clerk or servant, or being employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant, shall fraudulently embezzle any chattel, money, or valuable security, which shall be delivered to or received or taken into possession by him for or in the name or on the account of his master or employer, or any part thereof, shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master or employer, although such chattel, money, or security was not received into the possession of such master or employer otherwise than by the actual possession of his clerk, servant, or other person so employed, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
persons in the Queen's service or by the Police.
56. Whosoever, being employed in the public service of Her Majesty in this Colony, or being a constable or other person employed in the Police Force, shall steal any chattel, money, or valuable security, belonging to or in the possession or power of Her Majesty, or intrusted to or received or taken into possession by him by virtue of his employment, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
Embezzlement by persons in the Queen's service or by the Police.
57. Whosoever, being employed in the public service of Her Majesty in this Colony, or being a constable or other person employed in the Police Force, and intrusted by virtue of such employment with the receipt, custody, management or control of any chattel, money, or valuable security, shall embezzle any chattel, money or valuable security which shall be