VAGRANCY.
No. 9 of 1897.
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8. Such vagrant shall then be placed in charge of the police and the said order shall be a sufficient authority to the police for retaining him in their charge while he is on his way to a house of detention, and to the superintendent thereof for receiving and detaining him.
9.-(1) Where the magistrate dealing with such vagrant is of opinion that he is likely to obtain employment in the Colony, he may forward him in charge of the police to the place where such employment is likely to be obtained, and shall draw up an order to that effect.
(2) Such order shall be a sufficient authority to the police for retaining the vagrant in their charge while he is on his way to such place of employment, and afterwards, in case he does not succeed in obtaining such employment.
10. (1) The magistrate dealing with any vagrant shall, to the best of his ability, assist him in seeking employment, and may in the meantime keep such vagrant in charge of the police.
(2) If the vagrant fails to obtain suitable employment within a reasonable time, not exceeding at the most seven days, the magistrate shall forward him to a house of detention, as provided in section 7.
[s. 11, rep. No. 2 of 1905.]
12. Every vagrant detained in a house of detention shall be allowed the same scale of diet as is allowed to adult prisoners who have completed the first seven days of their imprisonment.
13. Every vagrant admitted to a house of detention shall be subject to the same regulations as are prisoners in gaol with respect to-
(a) search of his person, clothing, and effects;
(b) custody of his clothing and effects;
(c) the wearing of a distinctive dress;
(d) personal cleanliness; and
(e) hours, meals, labour, and general conduct:
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.