CO129-508-11 Copies of Ordinances and amendments with relating correspondence 17-12-1927 - 17-7-1928 — Page 92

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12. Section 11 amends paragraph (6) of section 85 of

the principal Ordinance by substituting a reference to the

present Stowaways Ordinancx, 1924, Ordinance No.3 of 1924,

for a reference to the Stowaways Ordinance, 1903, which has

been repealed.

13.

Section 12 repeals section 93 of the principal

Ordinance and substitutes a new section. Che section in

question deals with various offences connected with drunken-

-neas. The principal changes are as follows :

(a) The former section 93 (1) provided varying

penalties for the first, second and subsequent

convictions, cf being found drunk in a public

place, i.e., fines of $5, $10 and $15. The

new section 93 (1) provides a single penalty

of $10.

(b) The maximum penalty for being drunk while in

charge of a motor vehicle is increased to $250

and imprisonment for six months. The former

maximum penalty under section 93 (2) was $25 or

imprisonment for two months. The new maximum

penalty is the same as that under section 4 of

the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance,

1912, Ordinance No.40 of 1912.

(c) Sub-section (5) of the new section 93 contains

a definition of drunkenness which is taken

from the report of the committee appointed by

the British Medical

October, 1925, to report upon the tests for

drunkenness. The committee reported on the

Association on the 21st

9th February, 1927, and suggested the definition

of drunkenness

which is adopted in this Ordi-

-nance.