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or fifty dollars: Provided that the award of any such compensation shall be a bar to any civil proceeding for damages by reason of such charge or complaint having been made;
(b) that any witness, (which shall include a defendant who gives evidence on his own behalf), has wilfully given false testimony, the magistrate may order him to pay a fine of five hundred dollars:
Provided always that-
(i) before making any order under paragraph (a) the magistrate shall first give the complainant an opportunity of showing cause why the order should not be made, and shall, if so requested by the complainant, adjourn the proceedings in order to enable him to instruct counsel on his behalf;
(ii) before making any order under paragraph (b) the magistrate shall first clearly inform the witness of the specific words which appear to the said magistrate to constitute the false testimony and shall give the witness an opportunity of showing cause why the order should not be made, and shall, if so requested by the said witness, adjourn the proceedings in order to enable him to instruct counsel on his behalf; and
(iii) if the compensation or fine is not forthwith paid, the magistrate may commit the person against whom the order is made to prison in accordance with the provisions of section 67.
98. Whenever a magistrate awards a pecuniary penalty or fine under the Summary Offences Ordinance, and the same is not forthwith paid, the magistrate may commit the offender to prison, with or without hard labour, in accordance with the scale in section 67. [95
99. Whenever any person is found by any police officer or officer of the Sanitary Department hawking without a licence, or committing an offence against any Ordinance relating to markets, or causing any obstruction by hawking in a public thoroughfare, such officer is hereby empowered to convey or cause to be conveyed before a magistrate all the articles being displayed, hawked and sold, and also the utensils, vessels or other paraphernalia in the apparent use