1984 Ed.]
Crimes
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17. It shall be no defence to a charge under section 15 or 16 that the person charged was compelled to take any oath or engagement mentioned therein, unless-
(a) within 14 days after taking it; or
(b) if prevented by actual force or sickness, within 14 days after the termination of such prevention,
the person charged declares---
(i) by information on oath before a magistrate, or
(ii) if he is on actual service in Her Majesty's forces, either by such information or by informing his commanding officer,
of all he knows concerning the matter, including any person by whom and in whose presence, and the place where, and the time when, the oath or engagement was administered or taken.
18. (1) Any person who-
(a) without the permission of the Governor or the Commissioner of Police, trains or drills any other person in the use of arms or the practice of military exercises or evolutions;
or
(b) is present at any meeting of persons, held without the permission of the Governor or the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of training or drilling any other persons in the use of arms or the practice of military exercises or evolutions,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Any person who-
(a) at any meeting mentioned in subsection (1) is trained or drilled in the use of arms or the practice of military exercises or evolutions; or
(b) is present at any such meeting for the purpose of being so trained or drilled,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
PART III
PIRACY
19. Any person who with intent to commit or at the time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the offence of piracy in respect of any vessel-
(a) assaults with intent to murder any person on board of or belonging to the vessel; or
Compulsion in taking unlawful oaths.
1797 c. 123, s.
1812 c. 104, s.
Unlawful drilling.
IXIV c. 1, s. 1.
Piracy with violence.
1837 c. 88, s. 3.
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