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SUMMARY OFFENCES.

No. 1 of 1845.

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(3) trespassing, by man or beast, upon or in any messuage, tene- ment, cemetery, or land vested in or under the control or management of any public officer or department whatsoever; and

(4) obeying any call of nature on any way or in any public exposed or other improper place, to the annoyance of other persons.

9.-(1) No private person shall occupy or erect any building or Occupying other thing whatsoever upon land not being under lease from the

Crown, without the licence of the Director of Public Works.

(2) In this section the word "building" includes any shop, out- house, shed, or roof.

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or building on Crown land, with- out licence.

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10. Mendicancy in the public highways or streets is hereby` Mendicaney.

forbidden.

11. Every person who violates, disobeys, or fails to comply Penalties for with any of the provisions-

(a) of section 9, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, besides the expenses of removing the building or thing occupied or erected;

(b) of section 10, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5 dollars.

violation of ss. 9 and 10.

prostitution.

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11a. (1) Every female who being in any thoroughfare Females or public place, or being on any verandah or at any window or door- way over or opening on to any thoroughfare or public place, solicits persons for the purpose of prostitution shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.

(2) It shall be lawful for any constable to take into custody without warrant any female whom he shall find in any thorough- fare or public place offending against the provisions of this section.

(3) "Thoroughfare" and "public place" shall include all thoroughfares, streets, ronds, lanes, alleys, courts, squares, arch- ways, passages, paths, ways and places to which the public have access either continuously or periodically, whether the same are the property of the Crown or of private persons.

*As amended by No. 51 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.

+ As amended by No. 14 of 1911 and No. 22 of 1912.

**As. amended by No. 7 of 1905, No. 1 of 1906, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 8

of 1912