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PREVENTION OF CRIMES . ( 11 of 1887. ] 917



No. 11 OF 1887.
An Ordinance for the more effectual Prevention of
Crime.
[ 19th April, 1887. ]
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1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Short title.
Prevention of Crimes Ordinance, 1887.
Licences.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by an order in writing Governormay
under his hand and scal, to grant to any convict now under grant
to be licences
at large
sentence of imprisonment with bard labour, or who may bere- under sen
after be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour a liceuce tence of harul
to be at large in this Colony, or in such part thereof as in such (16 & 17 V.c.
99, s. 9. ]
licence shall be expressed , during such portion of his or her
term of imprisonment, and upon such conditions in all respects
as to the said Governor shall seem fit ; and it shall be lawful
for the said Governor to revoke or alter such licence by a like
order at his pleasure.
3. So long as such licence shall continue in force and un- Jolder of
to
revoked , such convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned by licemerinot ta
reason of his sentence, but shall be allowed to go and remain lv
liis reason of
sentence.
at large according to the terms of such licence . ( 16 & 17 V.c.
09. s. 10.)
4. Provided always, that if it shall please the Governor to If licence,
revoke any such licence as aforesaid it shall be lawful for hiin , revoked ,the
by warrant under his hand and scal, to signify to a Magistrate beappre
tỏat such licence has been revoked, and to require such Vagis committed to
trate to issue his warrant under his hand and seal for the [prison.
16 & 17 V. c .
apprehension of the convict to whom such licence was granted, ., 11.
and such Magistrate shall issue liis warrant accordingly, and
such warrant shall and may be executed by the constable to
whom the same shall be delivered for that purpose in any part
of this Colony ; and such convict when apprehended under such
warrant shall be brought, as soon as he conveniently may be,
before the Magistrate by whom the said warrant shall have been
issued , or some other Magistrate of the said Colony, and such
Magistrate shall thereupon make out his warrant under his hand
and seal for the recommitment of such convict to the prison or
place of confinement from which he was released by virtue of
the said licence, and such convict shall be so recommitted
accordingly , and shall thereupon be remitted to his or her
original sentence , and shall undergo the residue thereof as if no
such licence had been granted .