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"An Ordinance further to amend the Magistrates Ordinance,1890".
1. This Ordinance is designed to extend the powers of Magistrates
to erder the punishment of flogging te certain cases in which
it seemed desirable that such a power should be given.
2. Under section 85 of The Magistrates Ordinance 1890 a magistrate
has power to punish with whipping a male person convicted of
stealing from the person of any woman or child; a power,
which the Supreme Court already had under section 29 of lamt
named Ordinance 1885.
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3. By this Ordinance it is preposed to give a magistrate power te
inflict similar punishment in the case of a male person who is
guilty of an offence of gross indecency with another male per-
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son: against the provisions of section 52 of Offences against the
Person. Ordinance 1865.
4. It is also proposed to give the Magistrate power to inflict a
like penalty in the case of a male person who is guilty of an
indecent assault upon a female against the provisions of section
7 of The Protection of Women & Girls Ordinance 1897; power
already possessed by the Supreme Court under the provisions of section 3 of The Flogging Ordinance 1903.
5. Section 1 of the Ordinance if formal.
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Section 2 of the Ordinance cives the substantive section giving
effect to the proposals referred to above in § 2 & 3 of this re-
pert atome,
6. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the
Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and • His
Behalf.
Johna Duckwill
Attorney General.
6/10/12.
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