Ordinances of the Nyasaland Protectorate in force on the 31st March, 1913. : Revised and consolidated under the authority of "The New Edition of the Ordinances Ordinance, 1911" / by Charles J.Griffin.

  • Griffin, Charles James.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Ordinances of the Nyasaland Protectorate in force on the 31st March, 1913. : Revised and consolidated under the authority of "The New Edition of the Ordinances Ordinance, 1911" / by Charles J.Griffin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    (2) The form of recognizances shall be as near as is material to that given in Schedule L hereto according to the circumstances ot the case. Security for Keeping the Peace, etc. 86. Whenever any person is convicted before any Court of rioting or abetting the same or of assem- bhng armed men v.Uh the intention of noting or the offence of criminal intimidation, the Court may, if it thinks fit, when passing sentence, ^^^er such person to execute a bond for a proper sum. v^ith or without sureties, for keeping the peace during such time, not exceeding three years, as it thinks ht. 87 Whenever any Magistrate receives informa- tion that any person is likely to cause or to commit a breach of the peace, he may require such person to shew cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond with or without sureties for keeping the peace for such period not exceeding one year as the Magis- trate may think fit. 88 The Court or Magistrate may refuse to accept any surety offered on the ground that (tor reasons to be recorded) such surety is an unfit person. If any person ordered to give security does security on or before the date at which such to 'commence, he shall be committed to Form of bond. Security on conviction. 89. not give security prison, ordered he shall or until but without hard labour, if the security is to keep the peace, or if already m prison, be detained there until such period expires he gives such security. Security in other cases. Power to reject sureties. ] mprisonment In default of security. 90. All such orders made by any Magistrate are liable to revision by and must at once be reported to the High Court. 91. Any surety may at any time apply to a Magistrate to cancel the bond. On such application the Magistrate may issue a summons or warrant as he thinks fit, requiring the person for whom such surety is bound to appear. When and if such person appears, the Magistrate shall cancel the bond, and order such person to give fresh security of the same description for the unexpired portion of the original security. Revision by Higli Court. Discliarge of sureties.