350
No. 10 of 1886.
Power to enter house and seize arms, etc..
PEACE PRESERVATION.
are acting in contravention of the law, and require them to disperse and depart to their habitations or to their lawful business.
(2) All persons remaining so assembled after such warning, may be dispersed and taken into custody by any officer of police or special constable, or by any other person acting under the orders of a justice of the peace, and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(3) If any person so warned to disperse is hurt, maimed, or killed in the dispersing, seizing, or apprehending or the endeavouring to disperse, seize, or apprehend, the persons hurting, maiming or killing him shall be free, discharged, and indemnified from the consequences, except on evidence of gross carelessness, wantonness, or malice.
9. It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, acting under the powers prescribed by section 3, to enter, with or without a written warrant and with or without assistance, and to authorise any officer of police or special constable to enter, with or without a written warrant and with or without assistance, and using in either case force, if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other building, and into any place in which he may suspect that any arms or instruments or ammunition may be, contrary to the provisions of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, and such arms and instruments or ammunition may be seized and confiscated.
[s. 10, rep. No. 52 of 1911.]
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Power to
and to arrest
persons.
11. During the continuance of any such proclamation, any justice of the peace may enter, with or without assistance, or may order any officer of police or special constable, or other person to enter, without a warrant and with or without assistance, using force in either case, if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other building, or into any place into which he may have reasonable cause to suspect that persons lately riotously assembled or engaged on any unlawful purpose have made their escape, or in which he may have reasonable cause to suspect that persons about to break the peace are assembled, and may apprehend and take into custody the said persons; and every person so arrested may be detained until he can be conveniently brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
350
No. 10 of 1886.
Power to enter house and seize arms, etc..
PEACE PRESERVATION.
are acting in contravention of the law, and require them to disperse and depart to their habitations or to their lawful business.
(2) All persons remaining so assembled after such warn- ing, may be dispersed and taken into custody by any officer of police or special constable, or by any other person acting under the orders of a justice of the peace, and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(3) If any person so warned to disperse is hurt, maimed, or killed in the dispersing, seizing, or apprehending or the endeavouring to disperse, seize, or apprehend, the persons hurting, maiming or killing him shall be free, discharged, and indemnified from the consequences, except on evidence of gross carelessness, wantonness, or malice.
9. It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, acting under the powers prescribed by section 3, to enter, with or without a written warrant and with or without assistance, and to authorise any officer of police or special constable to enter, with or without a written warrant and with or without assistance, and using in either case force, if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other building, and into any place in which he may suspect that any arms or instruments or ammunition may be, contrary to the provisions of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, and such arms and No. 2 of 1900. instruments or ammunition may be seized and confiscated.
[s. 10, rep. No. 52 of 1911.]
Ordinance
Power to
and to arrest
persons.
11. During the continuance of any such proclamation, any enter house justice of the peace may enter, with or without assistance, or may order any officer of police or special constable, or other person to enter, without a warrant and with or without assistance, using force in either case, if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other building, or into any place into which he may have reasonable cause to suspect that persons lately riotously assembled or engaged on any unlawful pur-- pose have made their escape, or in which he may have reasonable cause to suspect that persons about to break the peace are assembled, and may apprehend and take into custody the said persons; and every person so arrested may be detained until he can be conveniently brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
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