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No. 3 of 1890.
Imprisonment for
non-payment of fine under
No. 1 of 1845.
Forfeiture of articles in certain cases.
Penalty on person found drunk, etc., in public place.
[85 & 36 Vict. c. 04 s. 12.]
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MAGISTRATES
(2) that any witness, (which shall include a defendant who gives evidence on his own behalf), has wilfully given false testimony, the Magistrate may order him to pay a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
Provided always, that-
(a) Before making any order under sub-section (1) the Magistrate shall first give the complainant an opportunity of showing cause why the order should not be made, and shall, if so requested by the complainant, adjourn the proceedings in order to enable him to instruct counsel on his behalf.
(b) Before making any order under sub-section (2) the Magistrate shall first clearly inform the witness of the specific words which appear to the said Magistrate to constitute the false testimony and shall give the witness an opportunity of showing cause why the order should not be made, and shall, if so requested by the said witness, adjourn the proceedings in order to enable him to instruct counsel on his behalf.
(c) If the compensation or fine is not forthwith paid, the Magistrate may commit the person against whom the order is made to prison in accordance with the provisions of section 57.
91. Whenever a Magistrate awards a pecuniary penalty or amends for any offence under the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845, and the same is not paid forthwith, the Magistrate may commit the offender to prison, with or without hard labour, in accordance with the scale in section 57.
92. Whenever any person is found by the police hawking without a licence, or committing any offence against any Ordinance relating to markets, or causing any obstruction by hawking in a public thoroughfare, the police are hereby empowered to convey or cause to be conveyed all the articles being hawked and sold before a Magistrate, who shall thereupon have power, on conviction of the offender, to order the forfeiture of the said articles or any of them, in addition to or substitution for any other fine or punishment which he may by law impose.
93.-(1) Whenever any offender is convicted of being found drunk in any public road, street, or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any premises licensed under any Ordinance
*As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912
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