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Regulations relating to public places.
Exhibition of regulations.
Removal of person found committing breach of regulations after warning.
Refusal of person committing breach of regulations to give name and address.
No. 2 of 1870.
PUBLIC PLACES REGULATION.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make regulations for the maintenance of good order and the preservation of property in any public buildings, gardens, or other places open to the public, and for the better enjoyment thereof by persons frequenting the same.
4. A copy of all regulations relating to any public building, garden, or other place shall be exhibited at the entrance thereof or in some conspicuous place within the same.
5.-(1) It shall be lawful for any constable, and also for any custodian, watchman, keeper, or other person employed by the Government in any such public building, garden, or other place as aforesaid, to there and then, and without any warrant, summons, or other legal process, stop, seize, apprehend, and detain any person who is committing a breach of any of the said regulations, and to take such person before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law, or else to eject and remove therefrom any person who is found committing therein a breach of any of the said regulations or any offence punishable by law, after having been previously warned to desist.
(2) Every person who uses abusive language to, or assaults, or uses any violence towards, any such constable or other person while in the execution of his duty or of the powers vested in him under this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, and to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months.
6.-(1) Every person who is charged by any such constable, custodian, watchman, keeper, or other person as aforesaid with committing or with having committed within any such public building, garden, or other place as aforesaid a breach of any of the said regulations or any offence punishable by law, and who refuses to give his name and address if called upon to do so, shall, on summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10 dollars, in addition to any punishment to which he may be liable for the offence with which he is charged and whether he is found guilty of such offence or not.
(2) If any such person refuses to give his name, it shall be lawful to proceed against him summarily by a description of his person.
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.
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