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[8. 23 cont.]
Person arrested to be delivered to custody of police officer in charge of police station.
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Protection of district watchman acting in execution of warrant.
Penalty on victualler, etc., harbouring district watchman.
District Watch Force.
(d) leave of absence and fares and passages on such leave;
(e) description of uniforms, arms and accoutrements to be provided;
(such matters as may be necessary and expedient for preventing abuse or neglect of duty, and for rendering the District Watch Force efficient in the discharge of its duties, and for carrying out the objects of this Ordinance.
(2) Every regulation made under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
24. Every person taken into custody by a district watchman with or without a warrant, except a person detained for the mere purpose of verifying his name and residence, shall be forthwith delivered into the custody of the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police.
25. In case any action is brought against any district watchman for any act done in obedience to the warrant of any magistrate, such district watchman shall not be responsible for any irregularity in the issuing of the warrant or for any want of jurisdiction in the magistrate issuing the same, and he may plead the general issue and give such warrant in evidence; and on production of the warrant and proof that the signature thereto is the handwriting of a person reputed to be a magistrate and that the act was done in obedience to the warrant, the jury or court shall find a verdict or give judgment for the defendant, who shall also recover double his costs of suit.
26. Any keeper of any place for the entertainment of the public, whether spirituous liquors are sold therein or not, who knowingly harbours or entertains any district watchman while on duty, or permits him to remain in such place while on duty, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty on person assaulting, etc., district watchman in execution of duty, or misleading by false information.
27. Any person who assaults or resists any district watchman acting in the execution of his duty, or aids or incites any person so to assault or resist, or refuses to assist any such district watchman in the execution of his duty when...
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