SUMMARY OFFENCES.
No. 1 of 1845.
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same or any part thereof has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, is hereby authorised, and if it is in his power, is required, to apprehend and detain such offender, and as soon as may be to deliver him into the custody of a constable, together with such property, to be dealt with according to law.
son, etc.,
29. It shall be lawful for any police constable to stop and Power to detain, until due inquiry can be made, any person whom, detain person removing and any horse, cart, or carriage, or any other animal or thing furniture, etc. which, he finds employed in removing the furniture of a house or lodging, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., or whenever such constable has good grounds for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the payment of rent.
any night-time,
sion without
aggravated
30. It shall be lawful for any police constable to take into Apprehension custody without warrant any person who is charged by any other person with committing any aggravated assault, in every case in which he has good reason to believe that such assault has been committed, although not within view of such constable, and that by reason of the recent commission of the offence a warrant could not have been obtained for the apprehension of the offender.
prosecute
Ordinance
30A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Power to Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, it shall be arrest and lawful for any police officer to arrest any person found committing an offence against any of the provisions of sections 78, 82, 185, 210 or 211 of the said Ordinance, and to No1 of 1903. prosecute such person before a magistrate, and every such person shall upon summary conviction at the suit of such police officer be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any other procedure provided by law for the prosecution of any such offence or as preventing the recovery of any greater penalty hitherto recoverable by such procedure.
and sale of
31.(1) When any person having charge of any horse, Detention cart, carriage, or boat, or any other animal or thing, is taken horse, cart, into the custody of any police constable under this Ordinance, etc., of person * As amended by No. 6 of 1918 and Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
apprehended.