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(2.) At the end of any period of imprisonmenj awarded under 

 this section, any such person shall be conveyed by a Warier or 

 Constable and delivered to the person in charge of the settlement in 

 which he was originally detained to complete the term of service there 

 to which he was originally sentenced. 



(3 )_((,.) The Magistrate before whom any such person is con- 

 victed may, in lieu of ordering him to be imprisoned forthwith, direct 

 that execution of the sentence of imprisonment be postponed for 

 a period of three months. 



(6.) If such person behaves during such period to the satisfaction 

 of the officer in charge of the settlement, such officer shall so inform 

 the Magistrate, and no further steps shall be taken to carry the sentence 

 into execution. 



(c.) If the officer in charge of the settlement reports that the 

 person convicted has not behaved to his satisfaction, then the sentence 

 of imprisonment shall be carried into execution. 



11. Any person convicted before a Magistrate of being a habitual 

 idler after detention in a settlement is liable to imprisonment with or 

 without hard labour for any term not exceeding three months. 



12. Every proclamation under this Ordinance shall be published in 

 the Boyal Gazette ; and a production of a copy of the Boyal Gazette 

 containing any such proclamation shall be jjnwrr /acie evidence in all 

 Courts and for all purposes whatsoever of the due making and tenor of 

 such proclamation. 



13. The procedure in respect of offences under this Ordinance shall 

 be that laid down in the Summary Conviction Offences (Procedure) 

 Ordinance, (No. 1). 



Second 

 conviction. 



Publication 

 and evidence 

 of proclama- 

 tions. 



Procedure. 



14. This Ordinance shall commence on a day to be fixed by the Commence- 

 Governor by Proclamation in the Boyal Gazette. ment. 



Passed in Council this Nineteenth day of April in the year of Our 

 Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. 



J. M. FARFAN, 

 Acting Cleric of the Council. 



