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22 of 1950, Schedule.
Dangerous Drugs.
[s. 22 cont.] manager) shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he neither knew nor had reasonable means of knowing that the premises were being used again in contravention of subsection (1).
Rules as to secrecy of information and protec-tion of informers.
17 of 1938, s.3.
(6) Any person who, after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under this section or under section 10, subsequently commits any such offence (whether each of the convictions has been in respect of an offence of the same description or not) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for twelve months, in addition to any punishment to which he may otherwise by law be liable.
23. (1) Except as hereinafter mentioned, no informa-tion laid under this Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, and no witness shall be obliged to disclose the name or address of any informer · or to state any matter which might lead to his discovery, and if any books, documents or papers which are in evidence or liable to inspection in any civil or criminal proceeding contain any entry in which any such informer is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the court or magistrate shall cause all such passages to be concealed from view or to be obliterated so far as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery, but no further.
(2) But if, in any proceedings before a magistrate for any offence against any provision of this Ordinance, the magistrate, after full inquiry into the case, believes that the informer wilfully made in his information a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if, in any other proceeding, the court or magistrate is of opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without the discovery of the informer, it shall be lawful for the court or magistrate to require the production of the original information, and to permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning the informer.
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CAP. 134]
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Dangerous Drugs.
[s. 22 cont.] manager) shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he neither knew nor had reasonable means of knowing that the premises were being used again in contravention of subsection (1).
Rules as to secrecy of information and protec- tion of informers.
17 of 1938, s.3.
(6) Any person who, after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under this section or under section 10, subsequently commits any such offence (whether each of the convictions has been in respect of an offence of the same description or not) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for twelve months, in addition to any punishment to which he may otherwise by [21A] law be liable.
23. (1) Except as hereinafter mentioned, no informa- tion laid under this Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, and no witness shall be obliged to disclose the name or address of any informer · or to state any matter which might lead to his discovery, and if any books, documents or papers which are in evidence or liable to inspection in any civil or criminal proceeding contain any entry in which any such informer is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the court or magistrate shall cause all such passages to be concealed from view or to be obliterated so far as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery, but no further.
(2) But if, in any proceedings before a magist rate for any offence against any provision of this Ordinance, the magistrate, after full inquiry into the case, believes that the informer wilfully made in his information a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if, in any other proceeding, the court or magistrate is of opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without the discovery of the informer, it shall be lawful for the court or magistrate to require the production of the original information, and to permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning the informer.
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