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2112 ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1887.


Prevention of Crimes.


And whenever the said holder changes his place of residence , he
shall notify such change at the Police Station endorsed on his licence and
the Police officer shall endorse on his licence the station nearest to his

residence and the said holder shall report himself at the Police Station so
directed by such endorsement .

Moreover every male holder of such licence shall , once in each month ,

report himself at such time as may be prescribed by the officer in charge
of the station endorsed on his licence either to such officer himself or to
such other person as the said officer may direct .


If any holder of a licence who is at large in the Colony remains in
any place for forty-eight hours without notifying the place of his residence
at the station endorsed on his warrant, or fails to comply with the
requisitions of this section on the occasion of any change of residence , or
with the requisitions of this section as to reporting himself once in each
month , he shall in every such case, unless he proves to the satisfaction of
the Court or Magistrate before whom he is tried that he did his best to
act in conformity with the law, be guilty of an offence against this Ordi
nance, and upon conviction thereof his licence may, in the discretion of the

Court or Magistrate , be forfeited ; or if the term of imprisonment with hard
labour in respect of which his licence was granted has expired at the date
of his conviction , it shall be lawful for the Court or Magistrate to sentence
him to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceed
ing one year, or if the said term of imprisonment with hard labour has

not expired, but the remainder unexpired thereof is a lesser period than
one year, then to sentence him to imprisonment, with or without hard

labour , to commence at the expiration of the said term of imprisonment
with hard labour , for such a terin as , together with the remainder un
expired of his said term of imprisonment with hard labour, will not
exceed one year.



Register of criminals.


Register and 12. The following enactments shall be made with a view to facilitate
photograph
ing of crimi the identification of criminals : --
nals.
[34 & 35 Vie.
( 1. ) Registers of all persons convicted of crime in the Colony
e. 112, s. 6.]
shall be kept in such form and containing such particulars
as may from time to time be prescribed by the Governor :