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MAGISTRATES. [ 10 of 1890. ) 1281
WOMEN AND GIRLS'' PROTECTION . [ 11 of 1890. ]
FOURTH SCHEDULE .- Sec. 80.
List of offences excluded from Summary Jurisdiction.
Any offence which is punishable with death ;
Any offence (except Burglary) which is punishable with imprisonment and
hard labour for life ;
Any offence which is committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty ;
Any felony mentioned in Ordinance No. 1 of 1868, ( Suppression of Piracy );
Misprison of Treason ;
Any offence against the Queen's title, prerogative, person , or Government;
Blasphemy and offences against religion ;
Perjury and subornation of perjury ;
Making or suborning any other person to make a false oath, affirmation, or
declaration punishable as perjury, or as misdemeanour ;
Any offence against any provision of the laws relating to bankrupts ;
Composing, printing, or publishing blaspheinous, seditious, or defamatory
libels ;
Defamation ;
Bigamy ;
Bribery ;
Arson ;
Forgery, (except cases under section 24 of Ordinance No. 6 of 186.5 of
forging, altering, offering, uttering, disposing of or putting off, knowing the
same to be forged or altered, any undertaking, warrant, order, authority or
request for the payment of money or for the delivery or transfer of any goods
or chattels, where the amount of such money, or the value of such goods or
chattels does not exceed $50).
Stealing or fraudulently taking or injuring or destroying records or docu
ments belonging to any Court of Record or relating to any proceeding therein .
Stealing, or fraudulently destroying or concealing wills or testamentary
papers or any document or written instrument being or containing evidence
of the title to any lands, or any interest in lands, tenements, or hereditaments ;
Or any offence committed by trustees, agents, bankers, or factors and
mentioned in any section between the sixtieth and seventy-first sections (both
inclusive ) of the Ordinance No. 7 of 1865 (Larceny.)




No. 11 of 1890.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law rela- Title.
ting to the protection of Women and Girls.
[23rd July, 1890. ]
HEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the Preamble.
law relating to the protection of women and girls :
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PRELIMINARY .

1. This ordinance may be cited as The Women and Girls' Short title.
Protection Ordinance, 1890 .