1104
Search, arrest and
detention.
*
Finger prints.
*
Ordinance
No. 11 of 1900.
POLICE FORCE.
27. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop and search, and if necessary to arrest and detain for further inquiries, any person whom he may find in any street or other public place, or on board any vessel, or in any conveyance, at any hour of the day or night, who acts in a suspicious manner, or whom he may suspect of having committed, or of being about to commit, or of intending to commit, any offence.
28. It shall be lawful for any police officer to take the finger prints of—
(1) any person who has been convicted of any offence; (2) any person who has been arrested on a warrant issued under section 4 (4) of the Deportation Ordinance, 1917; and (3) any other person upon the written order of the Captain Superintendent or of a Deputy Superintendent.
Protection of officer or
constable
acting in
warrant.
29. In case any action is brought against any officer or constable of the force for any act done in obedience to the warrant of any magistrate, the officer or constable shall not be responsible for any irregularity in the issuing of the warrant or for any want of jurisdiction in the magistrate issuing the same, and he may plead the general issue and give such warrant in evidence; and, on production of the warrant and proof that the signature thereto is the handwriting of a person reputed to be a magistrate and that the act was done in obedience to the warrant, the jury or court shall find a verdict or give judgment for the defendant, who shall also recover double his costs of suit.
Penalty on victualler, etc.,
harbouring member
of force while on duty.
30. Every keeper of any place for the sale of liquors, whether spirituous or not, who knowingly harbours or entertains any member of the force, or permits him to remain in such place while on duty, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty on person assaulting, etc., member
of force or crew acting in execution of duty.
31. Every person who assaults or resists any member of the force or any member of a crew acting in the execution of his duty, or aids or incites any person so to assault or resist, or refuses to assist any such member in the execution of his
* As amended by No. 31 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
† As amended by No. 31 of 1923.
‡ As amended by No. 31 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924. See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.
1104
Search, arrest and
detention.
*
Finger prints.
*
Ordinance
No. 11 of 1900.
POLICE FORCE.
27. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop and search, and if necessary to arrest and detain for further inquiries, any person whom he may find in any street or other public place, or on board any vessel, or in any conveyance, at any hour of the day or night, who acts in a suspicious manner, or whom he may suspect of having committed, or of being about to commit, or of intending to commit, any offence.
28. It shall be lawful for any police officer to take the finger prints of—
(1) any person who has been convicted of any offence; (2) any person who has been arrested on a warrant issued No. 25 of 1917. under section 4 (4) of the Deportation Ordinance, 1917; and (3) any other person upon the written order of the Captain Superintendent or of a Deputy Superintendent.
Protection of officer or
constable
acting in
warrant.
29. In case any action is brought against any officer or constable of the force for any act done in obedience to the warrant of any magistrate, the officer or constable shall not execution of be responsible for any irregularity in the issuing of the war- rant or for any want of jurisdiction in the magistrate issuing the same, and he may plead the general issue and give such warrant in evidence; and, on production of the warrant and proof that the signature thereto is the handwriting of a person reputed to be a magistrate and that the act was done in obedience to the warrant, the jury or court shall find a verdict or give judgment for the defendant, who shall also recover double his costs of suit.
Penalty ou victualler, etc.,. harbour-
ing member
30. Every keeper of any place for the sale of liquors, whether spirituous or not, who knowingly harbours or entertains any member of the force, or permits him to remain of force while in such place, while on duty, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
on duty.
t
Penalty on person assaulting, etc., member
of force or crew acting în execution of duty.
31. Every person who assaults or resists any member of the force or any member of a crew acting in the execution of his duty, or aids or incites any person so to assault or resist, or refuses to assist any such member in the execution of his
* As amended by No. 31 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
† As amended by No. 31 of 1923.
As amended by No. 31 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924. See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.
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