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CAP. 221]
Criminal Procedure
[1988 Ed.
officiating minister, or of the church body or the church-wardens of such church, chapel or building, without its being necessary to name him or them.
(Amended, 51 of 1911 and 2 of 1912, Schedule)
Mode of stating ownership of public property
97. Where, in any such document, it is necessary to state the ownership of any work or building made, erected, or maintained, either in whole or in part, at the expense of the Government, or of any city, town, or village, or of anything belonging to or being in or used in relation to the same, or of anything provided for the use of the poor or of any public institution or establishment, or of any materials or tools provided or used for making, altering, or repairing any such work or building or any public road or highway, or of any other property whatsoever of the Government it shall be sufficient to state that such property is the property of the Government, or of the city, town, or village, as the case may be, without naming any of the inhabitants thereof.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 1 of 1912, Schedule; 2 of 1912, Schedule and 21 of 1912, s. 2)
[cf. U.K. 1826 c. 64, ss. 15, 16]
98–99. [Repealed, 21 of 1970, Second Schedule]
Coercion by husband
Abolition of presumption of coercion of married woman by husband
100. Any presumption of law that an offence committed by a wife in the presence of her husband is committed under the coercion of the husband is hereby abolished, but on a charge against a wife for any offence other than treason or murder it shall be a good defence to prove that the offence was committed in the presence of, and under the coercion of, the husband.
Apprehension of offenders
Summary apprehension of offender in certain cases
101. (1) [Deleted, 5 of 1971, s. 9]
(Added, 17 of 1930, s. 9) [cf. U.K. 1925 c. 86, s. 47]
(2) Any person may arrest without warrant any person whom he may reasonably suspect of being guilty of an arrestable offence. (Replaced, 70 of 1967, s. 2)
(3) Any person to whom any property is offered to be sold, pawned, or delivered, and who has reasonable ground to suspect that any arrestable offence has been or is about to be committed on or with respect to such property, may, and, if he can, shall, without warrant, apprehend the person offering the same and take possession of the property so offered. (Amended, 70 of 1967, s. 2)
(4) Every person who finds any person in possession of any property which he, on reasonable grounds, suspects to have been obtained by means of an arrestable offence may arrest such last-mentioned person without warrant and take possession of the property. (Amended, 70 of 1967, s. 2)