ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1886.
Peace Preservation.
1886
PART II.
Proclamations of the Peace.
may be issued.
5. Whenever it shall appear to be necessary for the preservation of the public peace of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to declare by Proclamation to be published in the Gazette that the said Colony shall be subject to the following provisions of this Ordinance, and every such proclamation shall remain in force until cancelled by Government Notification published in the Gazette.
6. Whenever and wherever the peace is being broken during the existence of any proclamation under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, or Colonial Secretary or any Justice of the Peace, to call upon all by-standers and persons in the vicinity to give their aid in preserving the peace and in apprehending persons breaking the peace, and every person without lawful excuse refusing or omitting to give such aid, shall be liable on conviction thereof to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months, or to pay a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
Whenever any persons shall be found during the existence of a proclamation under this Ordinance, unlawfully, riotously, or tumultuously assembled to the disturbance of the peace and to the terror of Her Majesty's subjects, any Justice of the Peace may, in an audible voice, warn such persons that they are acting in contravention to law, and require them to disperse and depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business; and all persons remaining so assembled, after such warning, may be dispersed and taken into custody by any officer or constable of Police, or special constable, or by any other person acting under the orders of a Justice of the Peace, and shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months, or to pay a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and if any person or persons so warned to disperse, shall be hurt, maimed, or killed in the dispersing, seizing, or apprehending, or endeavouring to disperse, seize, or apprehend, the persons hurting, maiming, or killing him or them shall be free, discharged, and indemnified from the consequences, except on evidence of gross carelessness, wantonness, or malice.
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ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1886.
Peace Preserration.
1989
PART II.
Proclamations of the Peace.
may be issued.
5. Whenever it shall appear to be necessary for the preservation of Proclamation the public peace of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to declare by proclamation to be published in the Gazette that the said Colony shall be subject to the following provisions of this Ordi- nance, and every such proclamation shall remain in force until cancelled by Government Notification published in the Gazette.
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