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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1, APRIL 1, 1949.

(k) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (25A) :·

7 (25A) uses or introduces in or into any public place any loud speaker, megaphone or other device or instrument for magnifying sound save under and in accordance with the condi- tions of any such general or special permit as the Commissioner of Police in his absolute discretion may issue;"

of section

4. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended Amendment by the substitution of the words a fine not exceeding one hundred of the dollars for the words "a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ". principal

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Ordinance.

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of section 6

5. Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended Amendment by the substitution of the words fifty dollars" for the words of the

twenty-five dollars" in the second line thereof and by the principal deletion of all the words following the word "trade" in the fifth Ordinance. line thereof.

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6. The following section is hereby inserted immediately after Addition of section 6 of the principal Ordinance:-

"Prohibition on taking photographs,

etc., in

court.

6A. (1) Every person who—

(a) takes or attempts to take in any court any photograph, or with a view to publication makes or attempts to make in any court any portrait or sketch, of any person, being a judge of the court or a juror Geo.5, ch.86, or a witness in or a party to any proceedings before

the court, whether civil or criminal; or

cf. & 16,

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(b) publishes any photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section or any reproduction thereof; shall, on summary conviction, be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

(2) For the purposes of this section-

means any

(a) the expression court " court of justice, including any place in which an inquiry is being held by a magistrate;

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(b) the expression judge includes registrar, magistrate and justice of the peace;

(c) a photograph, portrait or sketch shall be deemed to be a photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in court if it is taken or made in the court-room or in the building or in the precincts of the building in which the court is held, or if it is a photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made of the person while he is entering or leaving the court-room or any such building or precincts as aforesaid."

new section 6A to the principal Ordinance.

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