168 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 .
Good Order and Cleanliness .
ed and ordained , that in every case in which any information or com
plaint of any offence shall be laid before any Magistrate and shall not be
further prosecuted , or in which, if further prosecuted , it shall appear to
the Magistrate by whom the case shall be heard, that there was no suf
ficient ground for making the charge, the Magistrate shall have power to
award such amends , not exceeding the sum of ten pounds, to be paid by
the informer to the party informed or complained against, for his loss of
time and expenses in the matter, as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.
Penalty on 33. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in case any
common
informers for person shall lodge any information before any Magistrate for any offence
compounding
information. alleged to have been committed , by which he was not personally aggrieved ,
and shall afterwards directly or indirectly receive without the permission
of a Magistrate any sum of money or other reward for compounding,
delaying, or withdrawing the information , it shall be lawful for any Ma
gistrate to issue his warrant or summons , as he may deem best , for
bringing before him the party charged with the offence of such com
pounding , delay, or withdrawal ; and if such offence be proved by the
confession of the party or by the oath of any credible witness , such in
former shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds .
Second 34. And be it further enacted and ordained , that for every second
offence.
or subsequent offence under this Ordinance the offender shall be liable at
the discretion of the convicting Magistrate to a penalty in double the
amount or to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any length
of time not more than fourteen days where the pecuniary penalty imposed
for the first offence does not exceed five pounds, and for any time not
more than one calendar month where the pecuniary penalty imposed for
the first offence does not exceed ten pounds.
Powerto 35. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any goods or
order delivery
of goods money charged to be stolen or fraudulently obtained shall be in the
charged to
have been custody of any constable by virtue of any warrant of a Magistrate, or in
stolen or
fraudulently prosecution of any charge of felony or misdemeanour in regard to the
obtained, and
in custody of obtaining thereof, and the person charged with stealing or obtaining
a constable.
possession as aforesaid shall not be found, or shall have been sum
marily convicted or discharged, or shall have been tried and acquitted ,
or if such person shall have been tried and found guilty, but the pro
perty so in custody shall not have been included in any indictment or
information upon which he shall have been found guilty, it shall be