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Power to summon witnesses, etc.
Removing property from premises burned, etc.
*
[Originally No. 6 of 1896.
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Law Rev. Onl., 1924.]
52 & 53 Vict. c. 45.
†
No. 8 of 1895.
FIRE INVESTIGATION.
7. For the purpose of this Ordinance, and in relation to all investigations held thereunder, and for the summoning of witnesses, and for all proceedings in connexion with such investigations, the magistrate shall have all the powers possessed by a magistrate in relation to cases of indictable offences, and the Captain Superintendent of Police shall render him all proper and necessary assistance.
8. Except on an order from the magistrate, who may, on good cause shown, give such order, every person who removes or attempts to remove any property from premises in possession of the police under this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
1896.
No. 1 of 1896, repealed by No. 16 of 1917.
No. 2 of 1896, repealed by No. 11 of 1919.
No. 3 of 1896.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to factors.
[1st July, 1896.]
Preliminary.
Interpretation.
1. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Document of title" includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.
(b) "Goods" include wares and merchandise.
* As amended by Law Am. Ordl., 1923.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. The short title to this Ordinance is in s. 14, all the sections having been renumbered by No. 8 of 1912 in order to make them correspond with those of the Factors Act, 1889.