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5. Any person who shall commit boycotting as defined Penalty for in this Ordinance shall be deemed to have committed an boycotting. offence against the provisions of this Ordinance.

6. Any person who shall aid, abet, incite, induce or Aiding or attempt to induce any person or persons to commit any inciting to offence against the provisions of this Ordinance shall be commit deemed to have committed an offence against the provisions boycott.

of this Ordinance.

offence of

for offence against

7. Any person who commits any offence against the Penalty provisions of this Ordinance shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or Ordinance. to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding one year or to both such punishments in addition to any other penalty or civil claim to which such person may be legally liable in respect of any act com- mitted by him in or in connection with the commission by hff of any offence against the provisions of this Ordinance.

tion of

area.

8.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may whenever it shall Proclama- appear to him desirable for the prevention, detection or pun- boycotting ishment of offences against the provisions of this Ordinance declare by Proclamation published in the Gazette that any ares in the Colony shall be deemed to be a boycotting district.

Jate in

Upon any such area being declared to be a boycot Levy of ting area in manner provided in the preceding sub-section special the Governor-in-Council may order by Proclamation pub- proclaimed lished in the Gazette that a special rate be levied upon and area. payable by the inhabitants of such proclaimed area.

amount

(3.) Any such order for the levy and payment of a Order to special rate as aforesaid shall prescribe the amount of such prescribe rate, the class or classes of property upon which such rate and mode shall be levied and the period for which such rate shall be of levy. levied.

(4.) The payment of any special rate imposed under the Payment Clous of this tion shall be made and shall be capable of special ing enforced in the same manner as are rates levied er the provisions of the Rating Ordinance 1901.

rate.

from

(5.) The Governor-in-Council may in his discretion Exemption exempt from the payment of any special rate levied under the provisions of this section any person who is an inhabit- payment. ant of or property owner in any area proclaimed as a boy- cotting area under the provisions of this section.

(6.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to Compensa- order the payment to any person who may have incurred tion to pecuniary loss or suffered damage by reason of any offence person committed against the provisions of this Ordinance of the whole or any part amount of any special rate levied under the provisions of this section.

damnified.

9. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the Date of day of

191, but if at the expiration of seven coming into

operation. days after the date of the coming into operation of this Ordinance any state of boycotting or condition of boycott- ing which may be in existence at the date of the coming into operation of the Ordinance has not entirely ceased and abated it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to declare by Proflamation published in the Gazette that the provisions of section 8 of this Ordinance shall operate retrospectively and shall be aed to have been in force us from such date as may by aid Proclamation be deter- mined and u the publation of such Proclamation the provisions of ion 8 of this Ordinance shall be as from such date so. mined Proclamation of full legal force and effec For these of this section the expres- sions "

state of boycoting” and “condition of boycotting shall mean by sucli state or condition of affairs as may in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council be regarded as a state of boycotting or condition of boycotting.

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