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A.D. 1886.]

PEACE PRESERVATION.

[No. 10.

523

imprisonment, with or without hard larbour, for any term not exceeding two months, or to both.

for refusing to act as special

constable.

1 & 2 PUZ, A

c. 41 s. 8.

5. Any person so appointed a special constable, and called upon to Punishment serve, who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to serve and to obey such lawful orders and directions as may be given to him for the performance of the duties of his office, as provided in section 3, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two months, or to both: Pro- vided always that no person shall be subject to any penalty under this section who is unable to perform the duties of a special constable, by reason of old age, sickness, or other infirmity, proved to the satisfaction of the said Magistrate.

PART II.

PROCLAMATION OF THE PEACE,

Governor-in- Council to

clamation.

6. Whenever it appears to be necessary for the preservation of the Power to 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 issue pro- 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.

7.---(1.) Whenever and wherever the peace is being broken during the continuance of any proclamation under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, or the Colonial Secretary, or any Justice of the Peace to call upon all bystanders and persons in the vicinity to give their aid in preserving the peace and in apprehending persons breaking the peace.

(2.) Every person who, without lawful excuse, refuses or omits to give such aid shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.

Power to call for assistance standers.

from by-

riotous assembly.

8.(1.) Whenever any persons are found, during the continuance of Dispersion of a proclamation under this Ordinance, unlawfully, riotously, or tumult- uously 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.