PEACE PRESERVATION.
No. 10 of 1886.
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c. 41, s. 7.
upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding 1 & 2 Will. 4, one hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months.
for refusing
constable.
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5. Every person so appointed a special constable, and called upon to serve, who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to serve and to obey such lawful orders and special directions as may be given to him for the performance of the duties of his office, as provided in section 3, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months: Provided always that no person shall be subject to any penalty under this section who is unable to perform the duties of a special constable, by reason of old age, sickness, or other infirmity, proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate.
PART II.
PROCLAMATION OF THE PEACE.
Council to
6. Whenever it appears to be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to declare, by proclamation, that the Colony shall be subject to the following provisions of this Ordinance; and every such proclamation shall remain in force until cancelled by Government notification.
from
7.--(1) Whenever and wherever the peace is being broken during the continuance of any such proclamation, it shall be lawful for the Governor, or the Colonial Secretary, or any justice of the peace to call upon all bystanders and persons in the vicinity to give their aid in preserving the peace and in apprehending persons breaking the peace.
(2) Every person who, without lawful excuse, refuses or omits to give such aid shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
assembly.
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(1) Whenever any persons are found, during the continuance of such proclamation, unlawfully, riotously, or tumultuously assembled to the disturbance of the peace and to the terror of His Majesty's subjects, any justice of the peace may, in an audible voice, warn such persons that they
* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.