1967 Ed.]

Emergency (Principal) Regulations.

[CAP. 241

P 83

129. (1) No person shall do any act with intent to impair the efficiency or impede the working or movement of any vessel, aircraft, vehicle, machinery, apparatus or other thing used or intended to be used in Her Majesty's service or in the performance of essential services, or to impair the usefulness of any works, structure or premises used or intended to be used as aforesaid:

Provided that a person shall not be guilty of an offence against this regulation by reason only of his taking part in, or peacefully persuading any other person to take part in, a strike.

(2) The preceding provisions of this regulation shall apply in relation to any omission on the part of a person to do anything which he is under a duty, either to the public or to any person, to do, as they apply in relation to the doing of any act by a person.

(3) Any person convicted on indictment of an offence against this regulation shall be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for ten years.

130. (1) Any person who-

(a) endeavours to seduce from his duty any member of Her Majesty's regular forces or of any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve, or any person engaged in the performance of essential services or to cause among such persons disaffection likely to lead to breaches of their duty; or

(b) endeavours, whether orally or otherwise, to influence public opinion (whether in the Colony or elsewhere) in a manner likely to be prejudicial to the public interest;

or

(c) does any act, or has any article in his possession, with a view to making, or facilitating the making of, any such endeavour,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) No prosecution for an offence against this regulation shall be instituted except with the consent of the Attorney General.

131. Where a person convicted of an offence against any of these regulations is a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director or officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

[Subsidiary]

Sabotage.

In force,

L.N. 108/67.

Discontinued L.N. 9/69

Seduction from duty, disaffection and propaganda.

Discontinued by L.N. 83/69

Offences by corporations. In force, G.N.A. 85/50.

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