14
No. 1 of 1845.
Apprehension of offenders.
Other nuisances, in the nature of trespass or damage.
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
(6) assembles together with other persons in the night-time without lawful excuse; or, seeing any such illegal assemblage, or knowing or having reason to suspect that such assemblage has taken place or is about to take place, does not give immediate notice thereof to the nearest police station or to some police constable; or
(7) being employed as a private guard or watchman, sleeps on his post, or is negligent, remiss, or cowardly in the execution of his duty; or
(8) wantonly or cruelly mutilates or otherwise ill-uses any horse, mule, dog, or other animal.
7.-(1) It shall be lawful for any police constable to take into custody without warrant any person who has committed within his view any offence mentioned in the last four sections, or, if such offence has not been committed within view of such constable, then on the complaint of any person who has been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to, the commission of such offence.
(2) In the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for any person so injured or annoyed, or who has seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he can be given into the custody of a police constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate.
8. The offences next hereinafter specified shall be deemed to be nuisances within the meaning of all laws at any time in force for the better repression of nuisances, save that the Court or Magistrate before whom any person is found guilty of any such offence, in lieu of all other punishment for the same, shall order him for every such offence to pay a fine not exceeding 100 dollars; that is to say,-
(1) felling, cutting, destroying, or injuring any standing or growing tree, shrub, or underwood, any grass-sod or turf, or any fence or portion thereof (except in any case where any such offence is proved to have been committed with a felonious intention);
(2) doing any act whereby injury or obstruction, whether directly or consequentially, may accrue to a public road, path, or walk, or to the shore of the sea, or to navigation, mooring, or anchorage, transit, or traffic;
*As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
*As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
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14
No. 1 of 1845.
Apprehen- sion of offenders.
Other
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nuisances,
in the nature of trespass
or damage.
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
(6) assembles together with other persons in the night-time without lawful excuse; or, seeing any such illegal assemblage, or knowing or having reason to suspect that such assemblage has taken place or is about to take place, does not give immediate notice thereof to the nearest police station or to some police constable; or
(7) being employed as a private guard or watchman, sleeps on his post, or is negligent, remiss, or cowardly in the execution of his duty; or
(8) wantonly or cruelly mutilates or otherwise ill-uses any horse, mule, dog, or other animal.
7.-(1) It shall be lawful for any police constable to take into custody without warrant any person who has committed within his view any offence mentioned in the last four sections, or, if such offence has not been committed within view of such constable, then on the complaint of any person who has been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to, the commission of such offence.
(2) In the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for any person so injured or annoyed, or who has seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he can be given into the custody of a police constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate.
8. The offences next hereinafter specified shall be deemed to be nuisances within the meaning of all laws at any time in force for the better repression of nuisances, save that the Court or Magistrate before whom any person is found guilty of any such offence, in lieu of all other punishment for the same, shall order him for every such offence to pay a fine not exceeding 100 dollars; that is to say,-
(1) felling, cutting, destroying, or injuring any standing or grow- ing tree, shrub, or underwood, any grass-sod or turf, or any fence or portion thereof (except in any case where any such offence is proved to have been committed with a felonious intention);
(2) doing any act whereby injury or obstruction, whether directly or consequentially, may accrue to a public road, path, or walk, or to the shore of the sea, or to navigation, mooring, or anchorage, transit, or traffic;
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