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ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 . 169


Good Order and Cleanliness.


lawful for any Magistrate to make an order for the delivery of such
goods or money to the party who shall appear to be the rightful owner
thereof, or in case the owner cannot be ascertained , then to make such

order with respect to such goods or money as to such Magistrate shall
seem meet : Provided always that no such order shall be any bar to the
right of any person or persons to sue the party to whom such goods or
money shall be delivered , and to recover such goods or money from him
by action at law, provided that such action shall be commenced within
six calendar months next after such order shall be made.

36. And be it further enacted and ordained , that any Magistrate , Power to
remand or
if he shall think fit, may remand any person who shall be charged be enlarge pri
soners on re
fore him with any felony or misdemeanour upon his personal recogni- cognizances.
zance ( with or without sureties ) , and every such recognizance shall be
conditioned for the appearance of such person before the same or some

other Magistrate, for further examination , or to surrender himself to
take his trial at the Supreme Court, at a day and place to be therein
mentioned, and the Magistrate shall be at liberty from time to time to
enlarge every such recognizance to such further time as he shall appoint,
and every such recognizance which shall not be enlarged shall be dis

charged without fee or reward, when the party shall have appeared ac

cording to the condition thereof: Provided always , that when any Ma
gistrate shall take the recognizance of any person to appear at the Su
preme Court, the Magistrate shall be bound to return the depositions
taken in the case and to bind over the witnesses to appear and give evi

dence in like manner as if he had committed the party to take his trial
at such Court.


37. And be it further enacted and ordained , that it shall be
removing
lawful for the Superintendent or other officer of Police to require any obstruction,
&c. [See
person whose duty it shall be to remove any filth or obstruction , Ord . No. 8 of
1856 s. 17 and
or to do any other matter or thing required to be done by this Ordi Ord. No. 12
of 1856 8. 12.]
nance, so to do within a certain time to be then fixed by the said
Superintendent or other officer, and that in default of such requisition
being complied with , the said Superintendent or other officer shall and

may cause to be removed such filth or obstruction , or do or cause to be
done such other matter or thing as aforesaid ; and it shall be lawful for
the Magistrate before whom the offender shall have been convicted to
order and adjudge such offender , in addition to the penalties hereinbefore

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