CO129-508-11 Copies of Ordinances and amendments with relating correspondence 17-12-1927 - 17-7-1928 — Page 93

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(1) The maximum penalty for being drunk while in

possession of loaded firearms is increased from

$25 or two months to $250 and imprisonment for

six months. It is also made an offence to be

in possession of a firearm and any ammunition

therefor while drunk. The definition of drunk-

-enness referred to above has been adapted to

meet this case.

Section 13 of this Ordinance repeals section 96 of

the principal Ordinance and substitutes a new section. The

section in question deals with re-hearings.

in the new section are as follows:

The alterations

(a) The new section makes it clear that it is suf-

-ficient if the application for the re-hearing

clear

is made within seven/days, and that the actual

decision to review the case need not be made

within that time. If an application is made

on the last day it may not be possible to come

to a decision on that day.

(b) The section also makes it clear that the party

applying for a re-hearing need not be present

at the making of the application. It might

be difficult to secure his attendance if he

were in custody at the branch prison and if

the application were being made on the last day.

(c) Sub-section (3) of the new section gives the

Superintendent of Prisons power to produce for

the purposes of the review a prisoner who is

applying for, or who has obtained, a review.

Formerly,

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the Superintendent of Prisons seems

to have no power to produce such a prisoner