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PART 11.

SECOND Column.

FIRST COLUMN.

1. Suppression of

Desertion

Ordinance, 1852. (No. 1 of 1852.)

The whole Ordinance.

2. Offences against

Ordinance, 1865.

The Ordinance is repealed.

the Person

(No. 2 of 1865.)

(1) Sections 38

(1) Sections 38 and 41 are repealed.

and 41.

(2) Sections 42 and 43.

[ss. 3 & 4.]

(2) Sections 42 and 43 are repealed and replaced

by the following--

"Assault occasioning

actual bodily herm. [cf. 24 & £5 Vict. e.100 a.4.]

Comman asbault. [of. 34 & 25 Vict. 6.100 .47.]

Power to hind over offenders, (cf. 15 & 16 Cleo. 5 0.88 3.99(3).]

42. Any person who is convicted of an assault occasioning actual bodily harm shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.

43. Any person who is convicted of a common assault shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to im- prisonment for a term not exceeding one

year.

43A. In the event of a conviction under section 42 or 43. The convicting court may, in addition to imposing any penalty, order the offender to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, in a sum not greater than five hundred dollars, to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour for a period not exceed- ing twelve months."

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FIRST COLUMN,

3. Malicious Damage Ordinance, 1865. (No. 6 of 1865.) Section 43.

Second Column.

Section 43 is amended by the deletion in the tenth line of subsection (0) of the words "twenty-five dollars" and the substitution therefor of the following

"one hundred dollars''.

4. Public

Assemblages

(Regulation of Traffic)

Ordinance, 1869.

(No. 2 of 1869.)

The whole Ordinance.

5. Crown Rights

(Re-entry) Ordinance, 1870. (No. 4 of 1870.)

(1) Section 3.

(2) Section g.

The Ordinance is repealed.

(1) Section 3 is amended by the deletion of the words "the Colonial Secretary or of any Assistant Colonial Secretary authorized" in the fifth and sixth lines and the substitution therefor of the following—

"any officer authorized””.

(2) Section 9 is amended by the deletion in the second, third and fourth lines of the words "signed by the Clerk of Councils or by the Registrar of the Supreme Court, as the case may be, to the effect that the same is can- celled" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"signed by the Land Officer to the effect that the memorial is cancelled".

(3) Section 10 is repealed.

(3) Section to.

(4) Schedule.

(4) The Schedule is repealed.