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TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCE

BETWEEN

THE LARCENY ORDINANCE, 1935,

AND

ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1865,

with reference to the Larceny Act, 1916 (6 and 7 G. 5, c. 50), (shown

as A in Table),

and the Larceny Act, 1861 (24 and 25 V. c. 96), (shown as B in

Table)

and also s. 13 of the Debtors Act, 1869, (32 and 33 V. c. 62),

and s. 6 of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act, 1926 (16 and 17 G.

5, c. 7).

The section of the previous enactment on which each section of the new Ordinance is based is shown in heavy type.

Section of new

Section of

Corres-

Ordinance ponding

Ordinance.

No. 5 of

English

1865.

provision.

1

Short title.

2

3, 4

A 1

8

2, 41

A 46

5

10

Remarks.

"Ordinance" for "Act" in this and subsequent sections wherever it occurs; "the expression" omitted in s.s. (2).

"Unless the context otherwise re

quires omitted (v. No. 31 of 1911. S. 39E (5)); Inspector General" for "chief officer' of police; A 46 (3) and references to "mail", "mailbag" etc. in A 46 (1) omitted (v. Ordin- ances Nos. 31 of 1911, s. 16, and 7 of 1926, ss. 2 and 26 respective- ly; the substance of old s. 41 is contained in new s.s. (2).

ser-

A 2 Wherever the words "penal

vitude" appear in the English Act, the word "imprisonment" has been substituted therefor in this Ordinance (and see S. 61 (infra)).

A 4

Words explaining "cattle" added ·

[cf. R. v. Paty (1 Leach, 72; 2 East P.C. 1074). R. v. Mott (1 Leach 73 n; 2 East P.C. 1075), R. v. Whitney (1 Mood. 3), R. v. Chapple (R. and R. 77)].

English provisions combined. Fine

for first offence of stealing or receiving stolen dog raised to $250-£20. In this and sub- sequent sections, fines and pro- perty values, translated in Ordin- ance No. 5 of 1865 from sterling into local currency at the rate of 4/$1, have been expressed in the new Ordinance at the rate of 2-$1 as more nearly applicable to modern conditions; with a standard maximum fine of $250, where this figure approximates to the English maximum.

5

9, 10

A 3

6

11

7

12, 13, 14

B 18, 19 A 5

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