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PUBLIC GARDENS REGULATION LAW, 1899. 



Jamaica — Law 4 of 1899. 



A Law to enable Regulations to be made for the Government and Control 



of Public Gardens. 



Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of Jamaica 

 as follows : — 



1 — This Law may be cited as the " Public Gardens Regulation 

 Law, 1899." 



2 — In this Law the term " Garden " shall mean and include all the 

 land belonging to any garden now or hereafter to be established and 

 maintained at the public expense. The term " Special Constable " shall 

 mean any person who may be appointed a special constable of the said 

 Gardens. 



3 — The Governor in Privy Council may make regulations for the 

 government and control ot a Garden, and of all persons employed therein 

 or resorting thereto, or in any way using the same, or any part thereof, 

 and may from time to time alter, add to, or rescind any such regulations. 



4 — The Director of Public Gardens and Plantations may, subject 

 to the approval of the Governor, from time to time appoint any one 

 employed in a Garden to be a Special Constable. 



5 — If any person shall do any act in contravention of any regula- 

 tion made by the Governor in Privy Council under this Law, he shall, 

 on conviction by a Court of summary jurisdiction, be liable to a penalty 

 not exceeding five pounds, and in default of payment, to be imprisoned 

 for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour. 



6 — Any Special Constable wearing a uniform, cap or badge, and 

 any person whom he may call to his assistance, may take into custody, 

 without a warrant, any offender who in the Garden and within the view 

 of such Special Constable, acts in contravention of any of the said 

 regulations ; provided, that the name and residence of such offender are 

 unknown to and cannot be ascertained by such Special Constable. If 

 any such offender, when required by any Special Constable to give his 

 name and address, gives a false name or a false address, he shall, on 

 conviction by a Court of summary jurisdiction, be liable to a penalty not 

 exceeding five pounds, and in default of payment, to be imprisoned for 

 a term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour, 



7 — When any person is convicted of an assault on any Special 

 Constable while in the execution of his duty, such person shall, on con- 

 viction by a Court of summary jurisdiction, in the discretion of the 

 Court, be liable, to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, and in 

 default of payment to be imprisoned for a te v m not exceeding six 

 months, with or without hard labour. 



8 — Every Special Constable in addition to any powers and immu- 

 nities specially conferred on him by this Law, shall within the limits of 

 a Garden, have all the powers, privileges, and immunities of a Constable 

 belonging to the Constabulary Force. 



