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Power of Governor to order use of prisoners for certain
purposes.
Ordinance No. 38 of 1932.
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105. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Prisons Ordinance, 1932, and the rules made thereunder, the Governor may, if he considers it necessary or expedient in the public interest, order the employment and use, anywhere outside the prison, of prisoners in such health and sanitary services as he may specify in writing,
(2) For the better carrying out of the provisions of sub- regulation (1), the Governor may order-
(a) that such prisoners be secured either singly or together in such manner and by such means as may be necessary in order to prevent their escape from legal custody :
(b) that such prisoners be employed under the control of prison officers or such persons as the Governor may specify (hereinafter called "specified guards"). Prisoners so employed shall be deemed to be in the legal custody of such specified guards, who shall exercise over such prisoners all the powers, duties, privileges and functions of prison officers including the use of lethal weapons against any prisoner escaping or attempting to escape from legal custody: Provided bar resort shall not be had to the use of any such weapons unless a specified guard has reasonable grounds to believe that he cannot otherwise prevent the escape.
Powers to
106. (1) Whenever any order has been made by the disperse assemblies. Governor applying this regulation to the Colony or any part thereof any assembly or meeting of five or more persons in any place in the Colony or in any part thereof, as the case may be, may be ordered to disperse by any authorized officer.
Revocation and variationa of orders, etc.
Powers of Governor,
(2) Any such authorized officer may use such force as may be necessary to disperse any such assembly.
107. Any power conferred by any of these regulations to make any order or regulations shall be construed as including a power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, if any, to revoke or vary the order or regulations.
108. The powers conferred by these regulations shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights or powers vested in the Governor, or conferred by law on any authority or person,
PART VIII.
Special Offences and penalties.
109. (1) Any person who, not being a member of His Injury to Majesty's regular forces or local naval, military or air force, property. corps or reserve or of the Police Force acting in the course of his duty as such-
(a) injures, or does any act calculated to injure or prevent the proper use or working of, any public building, rail- way, canal, bridge, road, tramway, vehicle, telegraphic or tele- phone line or wireless apparatus, cable or plant, mine, shop, factory, waterworks, electrical generating station, or any works or plant used or adapted for use for the production supply, storage, or transport of food, fuel, munitions, water, light, heat, or power ;
Or
(b) approaches, or is in the neighbourhood of, or enters, any such place or property as aforesaid with intent to do injury thereto,
shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations unless he proves that he was acting by lawful authority or on a lawful Occasion,
(z) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1), a person shall be deemed to have the intent to do injury as described in the said sub-regulation if by reason of his being in possession of any explosive or incendiary article or lethal weapon or dangerous missile, or otherwise from the circumstances of the case, or his conduct, the Court is of opinion that his purpose was to do such injury.
110. Any person who shall-
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Majesty's
(e) do any act having reasonable cause to believe that with His it will be likely to prevent or interfere with the performance of Force. their duties by members of His Majesty's regular forces or any etc. local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve or of the Police Force or the carrying on of their work by persons engaged in the performance of essential services; or
(b) do, in relation to any person whom he knows to be a member of His Majesty's regular forces or any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve, or of the Police Force or to be a person engaged in the performance of essential services, any act with intent thereby to render him incapable