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24 strokes, for persons above twelve, 12 strokes, and for persons below twelve, 6 strokes. whether for a single offence, or for combined offences.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1904 establishes a system of licensing dealers in cacao, modelled upon the various West Indian Ordinances which have already been described. Offenders against the Ordinance may be punished by simple or rigorous imprisonment up to 6 months or a fine not exceeding Rs. 200.
MAURITIUS.
- Ordinance No. 7 of 1875, after stating in the preamble that" for some time past plantations of "vanilla in various districts of the Colony have "much suffered from the depredations of robbers "who by day and night and in spite of the "vigilance of the owners of such plantations "succeed in carrying away large quantities of "vanilla shoots and pods," enacts that when a vanilla grower disposes of any vanilla he must deliver with it a certificate, containing certain specified particulars, which must be counter- signed by a police officer before the removal of the vanilla from the estate. A penalty not exceeding £5 may be imposed on any person found in possession of vanilla without a certifi- cate, and if such person is unable to explain to the satisfaction of a magistrate how he came into possession of it, he shall be held to be guilty of larceny. A grower removing vanilla on his own account must draw `up and sign a "declaration " which must contain the same particulars as a "certificate" and be countersigned in the same manner. A dealer in or preparer of vanilla must keep a register of all transactions. When fines
are inflicted under the Ordinance, a judge or magistrate may "direct that a certain portion "of the said fine not exceeding one half be
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granted to the officer, constable, or ranger, or
any other person by whose care or diligence "the offender has been brought to justice or "whose information has led to the conviction of "the offender."
Section 16 extends the Ordinance to the Seychelles.
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Part II. enacts that no "produce" shall be removed from any place in the Seychelles Islands to another without being accompanied by a permit, which must contain specified par- ticulars. The maximum penalty for removing produce without a permit is a fine of Rs. 100, or two months' imprisonment, or both. For delivering a false permit, the maximum penalty is a fine of Rs. 1,000 or two years' imprison- ment, or both.
Part III requires buyers and preparers of vanilla to take out a license, the duty on which is Rs. 100 for buyers, and Rs. 15 for preparers. Every buyer is bound to keep a register of transactions, and must produce it at the request of any police officer or constable. Every preparer must be registered at a police station, and must produce for examination all vanilla in his possession on the requisition of a police constable.
Part IV. gives the police certain rights of search and entry, and regulates legal proceed-
ings under the Ordinance.
13th March, 1905.
R. V. V.
SEYCHELLES.
Ordinance No. 14, of 1902, consolidates the Law relating to the repression and detection of larcenies of vanilla and other produce.
Part I. contains repeals, definitions, &c. " Produce is defined as including vanilla, green or prepared, cocoanuts, green or dry, cocoa, cloves, green or prepared, coffee, and cocos-nut oil.
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