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Governor in Council

may order

dissolution

of any registered or

exempted society.

Power of Registrar

etc., to enter

place kept * place of metting.

Power of

entry by

Registrar,

c., in

or brauch is established in the Colony or not, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two peora.

16. (1) The Governor in Conncil may, in his discretion, order that any exempted society or registered society be dissolved where he is satisfied that any such society is being used for purposes prejudicial to or incompatible with peace, welfare or good order in the Colony,

(2) Notification of every such order shall be published in The Gazette, and shall be affixed in a conspicuous manner on any building occupied by such society and at the nearest police station of the police district in which such building exists.

(3) Every society against which an order of dissolution is made shall thenceforward be deemed to be an unlawful society and the registration thereof, if it is a registered society, shall be cancelled.

17. The Registrar or an Assistant Registrar may at any time enter into any place which he has reason to believe is kept or used by any registered society or any of its members as a place of meeting or place of business.

18. The Registrar or በብ Assistant Registrar who has reason to believe that any registered society or any exempted society is being used for purposes prejudicial" to public special cases. peace or welfare or to good order in the Colony, may onter with or without assistance and using force for that purpose, if necessary, into any place which he has reason to believe is used as the place of meeting or place of business of such society, and may search auch place and any person found therein or escaping therefrom for evidence that such society is being used for such purpose as aforesaid.

Towers of entry and search.

19. (1) Any police officer of or above the rank of inspector may, with or without assistance, using force, if necessary, enter into any dwelling-house or other building, or into any place in which he has reason to believe that a meeting of any unlawful society, or of persons who are members of an unlawful society, is being held, or that any books, acemunts, writings, liste of mein- bers, banners, seals, insignia, arins or other articles belonging to any unlawful society are concealed, kept or deposited, and to arvest or cause to be arrested all persons found in such house and to search such house, building or place, and seize or cause to be seized all books, accounts, writinga, banners, lista of rcmbera, scala, insignia, arms and other articles which he has reasonable cause to believe to belong to any unlawful society or fo be in any way connected therewith.

(2) All persona 90 arrested and all articles so seized may be detained in custody and brought before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.

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20. (1) The Registrar or au Assistant Registrar may summon Powers of before him any person who he has reason to believe to be able to Reginar to give any information as to the axistence or operations of any witnesses. unlawful society, or suspected unlawful society, ar as to the operations of any registered society or exempted society,

(2) The person so summoned shall attend at the hour and place in the summons specified, and produce all documents in bis custody, possession or power relating to such society or suspected society, and answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar puts to him.

(3) The Registrar and every Assistant Registrar may administer oaths to and examine on bath any person summoned before him under this section.

(4) If any person summoned by the Registrar or au Assistant Registrar under this section shall without lawful excuse fail to comply with any obligation imposed upon him by sub-section (2) or shall give information which the Registrar or Assistant Registrar believes to he false, the Registrar or Assistant Registrar may, if he considers it advisable to provide for the future identifica tion of such person, order that a photograph and impressions of fingerprints of such person be taken at such time and in such place and mauuer as the Registrar or Assistant Registrar may think St.

(5) Any person who refuses to comply with such order or who obstructs compliance with such order may be arrested aud detained in custody and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

(6) No statement made by a person summoned before the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar under the provisions of this section shall subject bim to any arrest or criminal prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution for failing to answer truthfully under this section.

21. Except in the case of persons charged under the provisions Consent to

of section 15 and of persons arrested under the provisions of section prosecution. 19 and sub-section (6) of section 20, no person shall be charged with an offence under this Ordinance or any rule made thereunder unless the prior consent in writing of the Attorney General has been obtained.

22. Any books, accounts, writings, banners, insignia or other Forfeiture. property belonging to any unlawful society shall upon order of a Magistrate be forfeited and given to the Registrar or to an Assistant Registrar for disposal in such manner as he may see fit.

23. Every cummons, notice or other document issued under Service of this Ordinance, or under any rule made bereunder, shall he deemed summons, to have been validly and effectually served, if served in the manner prescribed by the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932, for the service of Ordinance summonses under that Ordinance.

No. 4.1 1932.

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