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out the above object of making the punishments more severe and the amended clause 28 (as amended by clause 6 of this Ordinance) intro-
duces extra severity in the punishments in the following two respects
namely: -
4.
(1) by enabling two magistrates sitting together to impose
a fine not exceeding 2,000 dollars and imprisonment for
any term not exceeding two years, and
(2) where a longer term of imprisonment is desired, by giving
power to the magistrate or magistrates, upon the applica-
tion of the Captain Superintendent of Police or his deputy,
to commit for trial, in which case the Judge of the Su-
preme Court has power to inflict sentence of imprisonment
up to seven years.
Clause 7 of this Ordinance contains the necessary consequential
amendments which follow on the above power to commit for trial.
5. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the
Officer Administering the Government may properly assent in the name
of His Majesty and on His behalf.
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2. 8. Fork
Attorney General.