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TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIIL 2. 



How habitual 

 idler dealt 



with. 



Detention in 

 settlement. 



Settlements. 



Kegulations 

 for govern- 

 ment of 

 settlements. 



Punishment 

 for breach of 

 regulations. 



6. — (1.) If the Magistrate decides that any such person is a habitual 

 idler, he shall inform him of the fact, but shall adjourn the proceedings 

 for a naonth or for such further period as to the Magistrate seems 

 proper, to allow of such person obtaining or endeavouring to obtain 

 work during the period of such adjournment. 



(2.) At the end of the period of adjournment the case shall 

 again be called on, and if any such person does not satisfy the 

 Magistrate that he has obtained or endeavoured to obtain work, or if 

 such person does not appear at such adjoui'nment, the Magistrate may 

 deal with him as in the next succeeding section mentioned. 



(3.) It shall be lawful for the Magistrate to accept such evidence, 

 whether strictly legal or not, of the fact that such person has obtained 

 or has endeavoured to obtain work as the Magistrate thinks fit. 



7. If any such person does not satisfy the Magistrate that he has 

 obtained or endeavoured to obtain work, or if he does not appear at the 

 time and place to which the proceedings have been adjourned, the 

 Magistrate may order him to be taken and detained in a settlement as 

 hereinafter in this Ordinance provided, for any period not less than 

 three months or more than twelve months. 



8. For the purposes of this Ordinance the Governor in Executive 

 Council may by proclamation declare anj- area to be a settlement within 

 the meaning of this Ordinance. 



9. — (1.) The Governor in Executive Council may make regulations 

 for the management of settlements, and may, but without limiting the 

 general power of making regulations conferred by this section, make 

 regulations for all or any of the following purposes : — 



(rt.) For providing for the appointment and remuneration of 



officers of such settlements ; 

 (b.) For providing for the discipline of persons detained in any 



such settlements ; 

 (c.) For providing for the method of housing and rationing of 



such persons ; 

 (d.) For providing for the work to be jierformed by them, and for 



the awarding of remuneration to those behaving and working 



satisfactorily ; 

 (e.) For allowing of such persons being emploj'ed away from a 



settlement before the expiration of their period of detention 



therein, and for the providing for the times and conditions of 



such employment and of their return to the same or another 



settlement ; 

 (/.) For providing for the arrest of persons deserting fi'om any 



such settlement, or employment. 



(2.) All such regulations shall be published in the Boyal Gazette. 



10. — (1.) Any person detained in a settlement commiting any breach 

 of a regulation under this Ordinance is liable on conviction before a 

 Magistrate to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term 

 not exceeding one month. 



