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imprisonment, any person who is a member of or attending meeting or helping the said Society in any way will be liable to a fine of $500, and imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both fine and imprisonment.
Section 2 declares all meetings of any of the said Societies unlawful.
Section 3 gives authority to any Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to enter or to order any Police Officer with or without assistance to enter any dwelling house in which he may have reasonable ground to believe that an unlawful meeting is being held and to arrest or cause to be arrested all persons found attending such meeting and to search for books, papers, flags, insignia, etc.
Article 44 provides that all persons or articles so arrested or seized may be detained in custody till they can conveniently be brought before a Magistrate.
Section 6 provides that if at any meeting or assembly any promise be tendered or if copies of any Rules, Regulations, Lists of names of members or any flags, banners, or insignia be found, the finding of such articles and the tendering of such oath or promise shall be prima facie evidence that such meeting is unlawful. I would suggest that this Section be referred to the Police or to someone conversant with the proceedings at such meetings who will be able to state whether such section is workable, and whether regard being had to what takes place at such meetings a conviction could be obtained on the Section framed as it is, or whether it is necessary to enlarge the list of facts which constitute prima facie evidence of an unlawful meeting. I would make the same suggestion as to the evidence required to prove the fact of membership. Section 7 punishes with a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding 6 months any person attending such...
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imprisonment, any person who is a member of or attending meeting or helping the said Society in any way will be liable to a fine of $500, and imprisonment not
or to both fine
exceeding six months imprisonment,
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and
Section 2 declares all exceetings of any of the said Societies unlawful.
Section 3 gives authority to any Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to enter or to order any Police Officer with or without assistance to enter any dwelling house in which he may
have reasonable,
to believe that an
asonable grouid unlawful meeting is being held and to arrest or cause to be arrested all persons
euch meeting
and to search
found attending for books, papers, flags, insignia ro.
Article 44 provides that all persons or articles so arrested or seized may be maybe.
can
detained in custody till they Conveniently be brought before. Magistrate.
Section 6 provides that if at any
meeting
eath engagement meeting or accombly any promise be tendered or if copies of any Rules, Regulations, Lists of names of incccibers or any flage, banness, or insignia be found the finding of such crticles and the
tendering I such oath or promise shall be prima.
evidence that such meeting is unlawful. I would suggest that this Section be referred
of
facie
to the Police or to some one conversant with the proceedings at euch meetings who will be able to state whether such section is workable,
and whether regard being had to what takes place at euch meetings a conviction could be obtained on the Section franced as it is, or whether it is recessary to enlarge the list of fact which constitute prima facie. evidence of an unlawful meeting, I wou
make the same.
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to the evidence
required to prove the fact of membership, Section " / punishes with a fine
not
exceeding $100. or imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding
Omonths any person
any person attending euch
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