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90. If any person behaves in an insulting manner or uses commit
Power to
any threatening or insulting expression to orconcerning, or in persons using
the presence of a Magistrate, when acting in the discharge of insulting
any magisterial duty , such Magistrate may summarily sentence or in presence
the offender to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for of Magistrate .
any term not exceeding two months, or to pay a fine of any
amount not exceeding fifty dollars : and if such fine be not paid
forthwith , such Magistrate may order that the offender be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months with or
without hard labour unless the amount be sooner paid .
91. If it appears to a Magistrate :
( 1.) That any charge or complaintwas maliciously preferred Compen
without reasonable or probable cause, such Magis- penalty for
malicious
trate may, upon the application of the person against prosecution
whom such charge or complaint was made, order false testi or
the complainant to pay to such person reasonable mony; . s.
compensation not exceeding fifty dollars : provided [Ibid.s.17.)
that the award of any such compensation shall be
a bar to any civil proceeding for damages by reason
of such charge or complainthaving been made.
( 2.) That any witness has wilfully given false testimony,
such Magistrate may order such witness to pay a
fine not exceeding fifty dollars .
92. Whenever a Magistrate awards a pecuniary penalty or Imprisor:
amends for any offence under Ordinance No. 14 of 1845 and the non
ment for
-payment
same is not paid forthwith the Magistrate may commit the of fines.
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offender to prison with or without hard labour for any term not 1875, s. 20.])
exceeding the terms provided by the scale in section 57 hereof.
93. Whenever any person is found by the Police hawking articles Forfeiture
. of
without a licence or committing any offence against Part III. [ No. 8 of
of The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter - Tlouses, and Markets Ordinance, 1889, s.6.]
1887, orany Bye-laws made, or to be made thereunder or causing 1887.
( No. 17
] of
any
ару obstruction by hawking in a public thoroughfare , the Police
are hereby empowered to convey or cause to be conveyed all
the articles being hawked and sold by the offender before a
Magistrate who shall thereupon have power upon conviction of
the offender to order the forfeiture of the said articles or any of
them in addition to or substitution for any other fine or punish
ment which he may by law impose.
94. ( 1.) Whenever any offender is convicted of being found Penalty on
drunkin any public road , street or other public place,whether person.found
a building or not or on any premises licensed under The Spirit c.[3594&, s.3612.)
V
Licences Ordinance, 1886 , a Magistrate may sentence him to a [ No. 21 of
fine not exceeding five dollars and on a second conviction for a 1856.]