FIRE INVESTIGATION.
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mitted such offence, the Magistrate shall close the inquiry and order the release of the premises: Provided that such closure and release shall be no bar to any information or proceedings against any person for an offence against the law.
6. If, in the opinion of the Magistrate, the fire is the result of suspected crime, and there is reasonable cause to suspect any person of having committed an offence against the law, he shall have power to commit such person to prison to answer any charge that may be brought against him or to require him to give security, to his satisfaction, to appear and surrender to answer any such charge, and, on such charge, the Magistrate may take the evidence as in other cases.
7. For the purpose of this Ordinance, and in relation to all investigations held thereunder, and for the summoning of witnesses, and for all proceedings in connexion with such investigations, the Magistrate shall have all the powers possessed by a Magistrate in relation to cases of indictable offences, and the Captain Superintendent of Police shall render him all proper and necessary assistance.
8. Except on an order from the Magistrate, who may, on good cause shown, give such order, any person who removes or attempts to remove any property from premises in possession of the police under this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
No. 1 of 1896.
To provide for the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals from the Territory of the British North Borneo Company.
[17th March, 1896.]
WHEREAS persons who have committed certain crimes or offences within the Territory of the British North Borneo Company may escape to this Colony, and it is expedient to provide for the
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As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
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No. 1 of 1896.
To provide for the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals from the
Territory of the British North Borneo Company.
[17th March, 1896.]
WHEREAS persons who have committed certain crimes or offences within the Territory of the British North Borneo Company may escape to this Colony, and it is expedient to provide for the
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and
No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
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