Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

• 1.   Short title

• 2.   Commencement

• 3.   Application of Code

• 4.   General construction of Code

• 5.   Common law procedure to apply where necessary

• 6.   Interpretation

• 7.   Claim of right

• 8.   Consent by deceit or duress void

• 9.   Consent void by incapacity

• 10.   Consent by mistake of fact

• 11.   Consent by exercise of undue authority

• 12.   Consent by person in authority not given in good faith

• 13.   Exercise of authority

• 14.   Explanation of authority

• 15.   Invalid consent not prejudicial

• 16.   Extent of justification

• 17.   Consent to fight cannot justify harm

• 18.   Consent to killing unjustifiable

• 19.   Consent to harm or wound

• 20.   Medical or surgical treatment must be proper

• 21.   Medical or surgical or other force to minors or others in custody

• 22.   Use of force, where person unable to consent

• 23.   Revocation annuls consent

• 24.   Ignorance or mistake of fact

• 25.   Ignorance of law no excuse

• 26.   Age of criminal responsibility

• 27.   Presumption of mental disorder

• 28.   Intoxication, when an excuse

• 29.   Aider may justify same force as person aided

• 30.   Arrest with or without process for crime

• 31.   Arrest, etc., other than for indictable offence

• 32.   Bona fide assistant and correctional officer

• 33.   Bona fide execution of defective warrant or process

• 34.   Reasonable use of force in self-defence

• 35.   Defence of property, possession of right

• 36.   Force to repel trespasser

• 37.   Force to remove trespasser

• 38.   Force for recovery of possession of goods

• 39.   Defence of right

• 40.   Unlawful fight not justifiable

• 41.   Force against interferer

• 42.   Force in execution of a sentence

• 43.   Force to preserve order

• 44.   Preservation of order on vessel

• 45.   Force within statutory authority justifiable

• 46.   Force against riotous or unlawful assembly

• 47.   Automatism

• 48.   Duress of circumstance

• 49.   Duress by threat

• 50.   Necessity

• 51.   Proof of defence of automatism, duress or necessity

• 52.   Causing event by involuntary agent

• 53.   Several persons causing event

• 54.   Event caused by intervening circumstances

• 55.   Liability for attempts and negligence or recklessness

• 56.   Intent

• 57.   Transferred Intention

• 58.   Definition of negligence

• 59.   Negligence where act likely to cause unjustifiable event

• 60.   Recklessness

• 61.   Definition of threat

• 62.   Aiding and abetting a crime

• 63.   Aiding and abetting crime within, from outside jurisdiction

• 64.   Aiding and abetting crime committed

• 65.   Punishment where crime aided and abetted is not committed

• 66.   Punishment where different crime is committed

• 67.   Aiding and abetting riot, etc.

• 68.   Trial of accomplices

• 69.   Trial of more than one accomplice

• 70.   Exemption, etc. available for any accomplice irrespective of others

• 71.   Punishment for aiding and abetting

• 72.   Punishment for non-prevention of crime

• 73.   Conspiracy to commit crime

• 74.   Conspiracy to aid and abet a crime

• 75.   Person within jurisdiction agreeing with person outside jurisdiction to commit or abet crime

• 76.   Punishment of conspiracy

• 77.   Attempt to commit crime

• 78.   Punishment for attempt to commit crime

• 79.   Application of exemption, justification etc., provisions to attempt

• 80.   Preparation for commission of crime

• 80A.   Participation in an organized criminal group

• 81.   Part 3 of Chapter 1 to apply to causing death

• 82.   Causing death of a child

• 83.   Unlawful command to kill. Special provision as to aiding and abetting

• 84.   Death outside from harm within jurisdiction of Courts

• 85.   Murder

• 86.   Capital murder

• 87.   Non-capital murder

• 88.   Attempt to murder

• 89.   Attempted murder by inmate

• 90.   Diminished responsibility

• 91.   Provocation

• 92.   Death caused by gross negligence or recklessness

• 93.   Penalty for manslaughter

• 94.   Aiding and abetting of suicide, attempt to commit suicide

• 95.   Suicide pact

• 96.   Administering noxious substance

• 97.   Reckless harm

• 98.   Grievous harm

• 99.   Maim or dangerous harm

• 100.   Wounding

• 101.   Using corrosives, explosives, weapons, or dangerous means

• 102.   Harm with aggravation

• 103.   Harm with violence

• 104.   Hindering escape from wreck, or protection from harm

• 105.   Harm by omission explained

• 106.   Duty to prevent harm

• 107.   Duty to supply necessaries of health and life

• 108.   Duty constituted by office, undertaking or conduct

• 109.   Provisions as to causing event to apply

• 110.   Punishment of careless surgical or medical treatment

• 111.   Negligent harm

• 112.   Negligent grievous harm

• 113.   Negligent harm or negligence endangering life

• 114.   Threat of death

• 115.   Offence of assault

• 115A.   HOSTAGE-TAKING

• 115B.   Migrant Smuggling

• 116.   Aggravated assault on male under 12 years or female

• 117.   Acts not constituting assaults

• 118.   Stalking

• 119.   Report of suspected cases of abuse

• 120.   Kidnapping

• 121.   False imprisonment

• 122.   Interpretation

• 123.   Rape

• 124.   Unlawful sexual connection

• 125.   Inducing sexual intercourse or sexual connection by force, duress, etc.

• 126.   Sexual intercourse with a person under 12 years

• 127.   Sexual intercourse with a person between 12 years and 16 years

• 128.   Sexual intercourse with an adopted minor, etc.

• 129.   Sexual intercourse with a minor employee

• 130.   Indecent assault

• 131.   Indecent act

• 132.   Gross Indecency

• 133.   Buggery

• 134.   Bestiality

• 135.   Unlawful detention of a person with intent to have sexual intercourse

• 136.   Hearings in camera

• 137.   Court may forbid publication of report

• 138.   Anonymity of complainant and accused

• 139.   Soliciting sexual favours in the workplace

• 140.   Transmission of HIV

• 141.   Procuring or aiding and abetting

• 142.   Procuring defilement or abetment of defilement by guardian or parent

• 143.   Keeping brothel

• 144.   Power of lessor to require assignment of lease on conviction of lessee or occupier

• 145.   Liability of landlord on failure to determine lease after notice

• 146.   Liability of landlord leasing again to same person after determination of former lease

• 147.   Trading in prostitution

• 148.   Spouse competent witness

• 149.   Trading in prostitution by female

• 150.   Soliciting prostitution

• 151.   Living on earnings of prostitution

• 152.   Preventing or delaying police entry into suspected brothel, or gaming-house

• 153.   Conspiracy to defile by false pretence or means

• 154.   Defilement of male or female suffering from mental disorder

• 155.   Defilement of inmate of asylum

• 156.   Permitting or aiding and abetting defilement of male or female

• 157.   Incest

• 158.   Attempt to commit incest

• 159.   Divesting guardian of authority over minor

• 160.   Abduction

• 161.   Special provisions

• 162.   Abduction of unmarried male or female under 16 years

• 163.   Abduction of male or female of any age with intent to marry or defile

• 164.   Medical or surgical treatment

• 165.   Explanation as to termination of pregnancy

• 166.   Termination of pregnancy in certain cases

• 167.   Explanation as to causing harm to child at birth

• 168.   Penalty for causing harm to child at birth

• 169.   Abandoning child under 5 years at hospital, etc.

• 170.   Exposing child under 7 years to grievous harm

• 171.   “Child stealing” defined and explained

• 172.   Stealing child under 12 years

• 173.   Pretending, child legitimate, or substituting one child for another

• 174.   Concealment of body of child

• 175.   Concealment of birth, existence, or death of child

• 176.   Compulsory marriage of person

• 177.   Proof of former marriage

• 178.   Definition of bigamy

• 179.   Plea of divorce

• 180.   Penalty for bigamy

• 181.   Causing marriage by force or duress

• 182.   False declarations or statements for purposes of marriage

• 183.   False impediment to marriage

• 184.   False solemnization of marriage

• 185.   Feigned marriage

• 186.   Marriage by unmarried person with other person known to be married

• 187.   Personating or marrying under false name or description

• 188.   Basic definition of theft

• 189.   Dishonest appropriation

• 190.   Meaning of appropriation

• 191.   Property capable of being stolen

• 192.   Belonging to another

• 193.   With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it

• 194.   Penalty for theft

• 195.   Common stealing

• 196.   Stealing from dwelling, place of business or worship

• 197.   Stealing by employee

• 198.   Stealing from person

• 199.   Stealing telegraph or telephone parts

• 200.   Stealing from vessels

• 201.   Liability of part owner for breach of trust or stealing

• 202.   Proof to rebut proof of lawful appropriation

• 203.   “Fraudulent breach of trust” defined

• 204.   Person undertaking to hold his or her own property as trustee

• 205.   Fraudulent breach of trust

• 206.   Robbery

• 207.   Burglary

• 208.   Aggravated burglary

• 209.   Removal of articles from places open to the public

• 210.   Abstracting of electricity

• 211.   Obtaining property by deception

• 212.   Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception

• 213.   Obtaining services by deception

• 214.   Evasion of liability by deception

• 215.   Making off without payment

• 216.   Issuing cheque or negotiable instrument with intent to defraud

• 217.   Fraud by pawner of property

• 218.   Fraud by person evading intended execution against his or her property

• 219.   False accounting

• 220.   Liability of company officers for certain offences by company

• 221.   False statements by company directors, etc.

• 222.   Suppression, etc., of documents

• 223.   Blackmail

• 224.   Handling stolen goods

• 225.   Advertising rewards for return of goods stolen or lost

• 226.   Scope of offences relating to stolen goods

• 227.   Going equipped for stealing, etc.

• 228.   Search for stolen goods

• 229.   Orders for restitution

• 230.   Husband and wife

• 231.   Interpretation

• 232.   Definition

• 233.   Counterfeiting of stamp, note, etc. defined

• 234.   Falsification of note, noteage, etc.. defined

• 235.   Forgery of documents defined

• 236.   Possessing or doing act as to note or stamp not genuine defined

• 237.   Possessing or doing act as to document not genuine defined

• 238.   Completeness of imitation unnecessary

• 239.   Falsification effected within or beyond jurisdiction immaterial

• 240.   Testing suspected tendered note

• 241.   False claims generally

• 242.   Common noteing

• 243.   Falsifying note

• 244.   Damaging or destroying note

• 245.   Possessing false note

• 246.   Purchasing or possessing forged bank note

• 247.   Imitation of currency notes

• 248.   Uttering or using false note

• 249.   Forgery of hall-mark or the like

• 250.   Common forgery

• 251.   Forgery, concealment, etc., of accounts

• 252.   Concealing or falsifying affairs of company or trust

• 253.   Concealing, falsifying, etc. certain documents

• 254.   Concealing title on mortgage or sale of land

• 255.   Punishment for forgery by claiming on forged document

• 256.   Punishment for forgery of document by coercion

• 257.   Forgery of document

• 258.   Punishment for forgery of document made or used in name of or for another without authority

• 259.   Forgery of certain documents

• 260.   Forgery of official or judicial document

• 261.   Forgery of stamp

• 27.   (Repealed by Act 9 of 2018)

• 262.   Forgery of other documents

• 263.   Uttering or using false document

• 264.   Possessing false document

• 265.   Fraud as to boundary mark

• 266.   Fraud as to insurance

• 267.   Computer fraud

• 268.   Definition

• 269.   Non-disclosure of property

• 270.   Concealment of property

• 271.   Concealment of books and papers; falsification

• 272.   False statements

• 273.   Fraudulent disposal of property

• 274.   Absconding

• 275.   Fraudulent dealing with property obtained on credit

• 276.   Obtaining credit falsely

• 277.   False claims or proofs in bankruptcy

• 278.   Obtaining credit; engaging in business

• 279.   Failure to keep proper accounts of business

• 280.   Gambling

• 281.   Defence of innocent intention

• 282.   Penalty

• 283.   Criminal liability of debtor despite composition or discharge

• 284.   Extortion by accusation of infamous offence

• 285.   Extortion or attempted extortion by threats

• 286.   Definitions

• 287.   Arson by fire of building, mine or adjacent thing or of thing near a vessel

• 288.   Arson by fire of dwelling or vessel

• 289.   Arson by fire of crop, forest or plantation

• 290.   Arson by explosion to building, machine, road or other property; and possession of explosives

• 291.   Arson by fire not otherwise expressly provided for

• 292.   Explanation of unlawful damage and amount of damage

• 293.   Destroying bankers' books

• 294.   Damage to building, bridge, mine, vessel or other work on land, in water or machinery or tools

• 295.   Damage to document

• 296.   Damage to lighthouse or other safety signal

• 297.   Damage to thing manufactured

• 298.   Compensation for damage to property

• 299.   Abetting assault on superior officer, or desertion, by soldier or sailor

• 300.   Abetting insubordination by soldier or sailor

• 301.   Abetting mutiny by soldier or sailor

• 302.   Intentionally aiding escape of inmate of war

• 303.   Evading military or naval service

• 304.   Definitions

• 305.   Seditious libel or party to seditious assembly

• 306.   Penalty for piracy

• 307.   Treason

• 308.   Concealment of treason

• 309.   Prosecution for treason

• 310.   Definition of overt act

• 311.   Causing disaffection in Police Force

• 312.   Unauthorised use of police uniforms

• 313.   Libel

• 314.   Defamatory matter defined

• 315.   Publication of defamatory matter

• 316.   Defamatory publication unlawful unless privileged

• 317.   Absolute privilege good defence

• 318.   Conditional privilege on publication in good faith

• 319.   Absence of good faith

• 320.   Circumstances showing good faith

• 321   Newspaper proprietor presumed responsible

• 322.   Newspaper proprietor's general authority to manage, when negligence

• 323.   Protection of innocent seller of newspaper

• 324.   Protection of the innocent seller of book or periodical

• 325.   Sale by employee

• 326.   Plea of justification of libel

• 327.   Penalty for intentional libel

• 328.   Penalty for negligent libel

• 329.   Defaming or insulting the Crown

• 330.   Sale of pornographic material

• 331.   Public benefit good defence

• 332.   Public election

• 333.   Intimidation

• 334.   Irregularity no defence

• 335.   Corruption, intimidation, personation as to election

• 336.   False declaration or the like for voting at election

• 337.   Falsifying, damaging or destroying voting paper or thing used at election

• 338.   False count or return of votes as to election

• 339.   Preventing or disturbing election by force, threats, crime

• 340.   Voting or offering to vote unlawfully

• 341.   Definition of rioting

• 342.   Order for rioters to disperse

• 343.   Dispersing rioters after order made

• 344.   Assaulting person suppressing or dispersing riot

• 345.   Assembling to commit riot

• 346.   Preventing making of order

• 347.   Provoking riot

• 348.   Taking part in riot

• 349.   Commission of other offence in course of rioting

• 350.   Rioting after order

• 351.   Rioting with weapons

• 352.   Carrying arms unlawfully to cause terror

• 353.   Affray

• 354.   Violent disorder

• 355.   Fear of provocation of violence

• 356.   Harassment, alarm or distress

• 357.   Definitions

• 358.   Advocating genocide

• 359.   Public incitement of hatred

• 360.   Warrant of seizure

• 361.   Forfeiture and surrender

• 362.   Bombs, hoaxes, sending messages or articles to alarm or injure other persons

• 363.   Obstructing, etc, lawful assembly with violence

• 364.   Forcible occupation or possession of building or land

• 365.   Forcible entry into building or land

• 366.   Correctional officer torturing etc. inmate

• 367.   Introducing prohibited thing into correctional facility

• 368.   Disturbing market or exchange by publication of false news or telegrams

• 369.   Unlawful oath

• 370.   Definition of compounding crime

• 371.   Compounding crime

• 372.   Compounding indictable offence on summary offence

• 373.   Compounding any offence involving child

• 374.   Causing person to refrain from giving evidence at criminal trial

• 375.   Causing witness to disobey summons or not to produce evidence

• 376.   Perverting the course of justice

• 377.   Violence to intimidate judicial officers, etc.

• 378.   Delaying or preventing inquest by burial, or other disposal of body

• 379.   Failure by coroner or others liable, to take steps to hold inquest

• 380.   Contempt of Court

• 381.   Falsifying, destroying, etc. register of record

• 382.   Destroying, damaging, etc. will or land title

• 383.   Removing, damaging, etc. document

• 384.   Fabricating false evidence

• 385.   Fabricating false evidence punishable like perjury

• 386.   Bringing fictitious action

• 387.   Acknowledging or consenting to judgment, deed or recognizance on another's name without consent

• 388.   Deceiving Court or judicial officer by impersonation, false document, seal or signature

• 389.   False interpretation

• 390.   Interpreter liable for perjury

• 391.   Making false sentence under oath

• 392.   Aiding and abetting perjury

• 393.   Perjury on capital crime

• 394.   Perjury on trial for crime not capital

• 395.   Perjury to defraud by personation

• 396.   Escaping, or permitting rescue or rescuing

• 397.   Rescue for cause not crime. rescuing thing in legal custody

• 398.   Preventing execution of death sentence

• 399.   Refusing or neglecting to aid in arrest or to prevent crime rescue or escape

• 400.   Resisting lawful arrest for crime

• 401.   Resisting or preventing arrest for cause not crime

• 402.   Harbouring or aiding criminal

• 403.   Definitions and special provisions

• 404.   Breach of trust by public officer

• 405.   Failure or refusal to deliver money or other property

• 406.   Failure by public officer to pay or account for or produce money or property

• 407.   False attestation or certificate by public officer

• 408.   Falsifying, etc., document by public officer

• 409.   Furnishing false statement or return of money or property

• 410.   Corruption of or by voter, or juror

• 411.   Presumption of corruption of or by juror or voter

• 412.   Accepting agreement or offering to accept bribe as to juror or voter

• 413.   Corrupting or attempt to corrupt juror or voter

• 414.   Corrupt agreement or offer by judicial officer or juror

• 415.   Corrupt selecting of juror

• 416.   Corruption by juror or voter

• 417.   Extortion by public officials or jurors

• 418.   Penalty for extortion by public officer or juror

• 419.   Violence to deter official or for recourse to public officer

• 420.   Violence or deceit to hinder or obstruct public officer

• 421.   Oppression by public officer or juror

• 422.   Pretending to be public officer or juror

• 423.   Refusal to serve in public office, if no punishment otherwise

• 424.   Selling or trafficking in offices

• 425.   False statements or oaths for obtaining or acting in office

• 426.   Assault on summary convictions

• 427.   Assault by disguised person

• 428.   Carrying cutlass, sword or machete otherwise than in a sheath

• 429.   False claims generally

• 430.   Punishment for false claims

• 431.   Other false claims

• 432.   Mutilating currency note

• 433.   Possession of 5 or more false foreign notes

• 434.   Unlawful possession of cattle or part thereof

• 435.   Unlawful possession of fence, etc.

• 436.   Unlawful possession of plant or plant product

• 437.   Person taking possession of lost thing to deliver it to owner or to lawful authority

• 438.   Unlawful possession of property of persons in vessels in distress or wrecked

• 439.   Offering or exposing for sale property from vessels wrecked or in distress

• 440.   Unlawful possession of property stolen elsewhere

• 441.   Unlawful possession of property suspected to have been stolen

• 442.   Stealing animal not cattle

• 443.   Stealing cattle or part thereof

• 444.   Meaning of threat

• 445.   Demand with threats intending to steal

• 446.   Demand with threat of making complaint for summary offence

• 447.   Stealing thing not exceeding $500 in value

• 448.   Bonfire or fireworks in public place

• 449.   Burning land

• 450.   Burning land within 2 miles of town or settlement without notice or permission

• 451.   Entering plantation with light, without consent, to hunt or for other purposes

• 452.   Fires in city, town or vicinity

• 453.   Interfering with public lamp

• 454.   Giving, selling, or offering for sale poisonous grain or seed except for agriculture

• 455.   Detention of animal or vehicle. Veterinary treatment

• 456.   Damage to fence, post, rail, wire, gate or the like

• 457.   Damage to cultivated plant in garden, building or elsewhere

• 458.   Damage to tree in park, garden or elsewhere

• 459.   Damage to plant product

• 460.   Damage to public way, water or work

• 461.   Damage to statue, monument or work of art

• 462.   Damage to telecommunication

• 463.   Damage to toll-bar

• 464.   Damage of no pecuniary value

• 465.   Damage to land, animal or thing, not specially provided for

• 466.   Conviction for trespass on charge of stealing or other dishonest appropriation

• 467.   Detention of goods or documents to property not over $500 value

• 468.   Detention or disposal of goods by employees

• 469.   Taking or attempting to take cattle to ride, drive or otherwise use without consent

• 470.   Taking on person or load by driver or conductor of vehicle without consent

• 471.   Using or interfering with animal, boat, vehicle, etc. without authority

• 472.   Posting bills, defacing buildings without consent, etc,

• 473.   Soliciting alms in premises

• 474.   Throwing things from premises into other premises

• 475.   Trespassing and squatting

• 476.   Annoying insulting or threatening entry

• 477.   Summons to squatter

• 478.   Trespassing on plantation

• 479.   Right of way along customary path to village or settlement unaffected

• 480.   Notice to abate nuisance due to animal, plant or thing

• 481.   Proceedings and order and penalty

• 482.   Nuisance from noxious or offensive business or matter

• 483.   Throwing stone or other missile

• 484.   Fouling public water

• 485.   Non-construction, maintenance or obstruction, of public way

• 486.   Animal treating, cleaning, feeding, etc., car washing and repairing in public places

• 487.   Prohibition of articles and advertisements on and defacement of certain structures, etc.

• 488.   Materials, not enclosed building materials or rubbish, in public place

• 489.   Offensive, annoying or injurious deposit in town

• 490.   Offensive matter running into street or public place

• 491.   Rubbish or other offensive matter put in public place

• 492.   Shade or other projection on footway

• 493.   Things for sale projecting into or over footway in city or town

• 494.   Occupier to clean footway and watercourse adjoining his or her premises in city or town or vicinity

• 495.   Nuisance to public work

• 496.   Selling, preparing or offering for sale unwholesome food or drink

• 497.   Burial liability. Failure to bury corpse

• 498.   Hindering burial of corpse

• 499.   Mock burial

• 500.   Disinterring, dissecting or tampering with corpse

• 501.   Indecent gesture, act or nuisance

• 502.   Naked or indecently clothed in public

• 503.   Indecent exposure in public

• 504.   Indecent books, pictures, shows, etc., in public

• 505.   Obscene or profane writing on walls or the like open to public view

• 506.   Sending or delivering obscene writing or print

• 507.   Singing obscenely or profanely in public place

• 508.   Swearing or using abusive or indecent language in public place

• 509.   Molesting magistrate or justice or person employed by such

• 510.   Complainant compounding, delaying or withdrawing summary charge without leave

• 511.   Wasting of Police time

• 512.   Accosting or following persons

• 513.   Arrest of mentally disturbed persons

• 514.   Following etc., vehicle without due consent

• 515.   False advertisement of birth, marriage, divorce or death

• 516.   False signature to petition, prospectus, testimonial

• 517.   Disturbing peace by fighting

• 518.   Fighting in public place

• 519.   Loitering or the like in or about shop and not leaving quietly on request

• 520.   Habitual loiterer

• 521.   Mask wearing in public

• 522.   Drunk and disorderly in public

• 523.   Arrest of drunken person in public place, etc.

• 524.   Habitual drunkenness

• 525.   Permitting drunkenness, etc., or bad characters in place of public resort

• 526.   Drunk or disorderly in liquor shop or place of public resort and not leaving on request

• 527.   Definition of “drunk”

• 528.   Disorder or causing obstruction or annoyance in public place

• 529.   Disorder in public view or hearing

• 530.   Door knocking, bell pulling, or the like

• 531.   Unseemly noise in public

• 532.   Insult in public likely to provoke assault

• 533.   Insulting gesture

• 534.   Insulting, abusive, or profane language

• 535.   Loud annoying language in public

• 536.   Personalities, jeering, mocking

• 537.   Calling a person names

• 538.   Interference with assembly

• 539.   Unlawful entry into a band

• 540.   Offences relating to designated sporting events

• 541.   Carrying arms unlawfully to cause terror

• 542.   Intent to cause terror whereby harm or likelihood thereof caused

• 543.   Threatening words or gestures

• 544.   Threat of death by writing

• 545.   Threat of harm with intent to put in fear

• 546.   Interference with tools, etc., to coerce

• 547.   Assembling in public place for unlawful purpose and not dispersing on request

• 548.   Disturbance at habitual meeting place

• 549.   Sounding or playing instrument near house after request to stop, or leave

• 550.   Loudspeakers, etc. musical instruments

• 551.   Restriction of operation of loudspeakers

• 552.   Notice to be given

• 553.   Commissioner of Police to issue permit

• 554.   Hours of holding public and political meetings

• 555.   Modulation of loudspeakers

• 556.   Regulations

• 557.   Exemption

• 558.   Proceedings for an offence

• 559.   Definitions

• 560.   Vagrant or idle or disorderly person

• 561.   Annoyance in a public place

• 562.   Not maintaining relative in want

• 563.   Rogue and vagabond

• 564.   Incorrigible rogue

• 565.   Warrant for arrest of vagrant, rogue and vagabond or incorrigible rogue

• 566.   Irreverence near place of worship during service, or cemetery during burial

• 567.   Disturbing person in place of worship

• 568.   Disturbing minister, etc, at celebration in public

• 569.   Annoyance not defined

• 570A.   Rules by Chief Justice

• 570.   Arrest without warrant

• 571.   Use of force in making arrest, etc.

• 572.   Arrest without warrant by any person

• 573.   Person committing indictable offence

• 574.   Person found committing offence against property

• 575.   Person found in possession of property

• 576.   Person offering property for sale, etc.

• 577.   Warrant to arrest

• 578.   Form and requisites of warrant

• 579.   Copy to be kept by issuer

• 580.   Issue and execution on Sunday and public holiday

• 581.   Power to break and enter in execution of warrant

• 582.   Possession of warrant by police officer

• 583.   When justice of the peace may issue warrant

• 584.   Bringing person arrested before Court

• 585.   Proceedings when person arresting not police officer

• 586.   Persons arrested without warrant to be taken to police station

• 587.   Physical restraints

• 588.   Searching person arrested

• 589.   Intimation to and interview with legal practitioner

• 590.   Savings as to arrest or detention under other laws

• 591.   Definitions

• 592.   Right to bail

• 593.   Circumstances in which bail may be denied

• 594.   Police bail

• 595.   Detention of suspects during police investigations

• 596.   Record of decision as to bail

• 597.   Reasons for denying or refusing bail

• 598.   Right to apply to the High Court for bail

• 599.   Subsequent hearings for bail

• 600.   Powers of the High Court in relation to bail

• 601.   General provisions relating to bail

• 602.   Restrictions on conditions of bail

• 603.   Bail with sureties

• 604.   Forfeiture of security

• 605.   Indemnifying or agreeing to indemnify sureties

• 606.   Absconding

• 607.   Arrest for absconding etc.

• 608.   Prosecution right of appeal

• 609.   Bail after committal for trial

• 610.   Bail during remand

• 611.   Custody during remand

• 612.   Correctional officer to produce accused during remand period

• 613.   Adjournment before plea

• 614.   Remand in absence of accused unable to appear

• 615.   Remand by proper officer when Court unable to sit

• 616.   Execution of warrant of commitment

• 617.   Justice of the peace to issue search warrant

• 618.   Search by direction and in presence of a magistrate

• 619.   Duty to allow search

• 620.   Search for and removal of persons wrongfully confined

• 621.   Search for male or female suspected to be detained for immoral purposes

• 622.   Issue of warrant to search for and seize and remove property

• 623.   Seizure of things not specified

• 624.   Information for search warrant

• 625.   Time for execution of search warrant

• 626.   Detention and disposal of property seized under search warrant

• 627.   Disposal in case of counterfeit note or other thing

• 628.   Disposal of forged bank-note, etc., taken under such warrant

• 629.   Power to seize counterfeit notes

• 630.   Warrant to enter and seize and to arrest in case of suspected brothel, etc.

• 631.   Search, etc., on police report

• 632.   Seizure of goods suspected liable to forfeiture

• 633.   Powers and protection in case of search for explosive or dangerous thing

• 634.   Report by police to Court as to property taken from accused

• 635.   Order to seize property in case of suspected crime

• 636.   Seizure and disposal of things suspected to be provided or prepared for committing crime

• 637.   Search warrant

• 638.   Entering vessel to detect or prevent crime

• 639.   Search of vessel or conveyance for goods suspected to be liable to forfeiture, or smuggled

• 640.   Court to order delivery of property to person apparently entitled

• 641.   Order for delivery in case of pawned property

• 642.   Order on conviction for restoration of property to or for owner

• 643.   Power to order payment out of money taken from accused

• 644.   Power to order restitution of property although no conviction

• 645.   Provisions as to restitution additional to other enactments

• 646.   Order denying access to information used to obtain any warrant

• 647.   Director of Public Prosecutions dealing with indictable case summarily

• 648.   Power to remit case to Magistrate

• 649.   Director of Public Prosecutions to direct committal for trial if accused discharged

• 650.   Director of Public Prosecutions to release accused on non-preferment of indictment

• 651.   Director of Public Prosecutions to stay proceedings

• 652.   Substitution of indictment by Director of Public Prosecutions

• 653.   Conduct of police prosecutions

• 654.   Definition of “Court”

• 655.   Jurisdiction generally

• 656.   Jurisdiction in receiving or unlawful possession

• 657.   Bona fide question of title to land

• 658.   Saving

• 659.   Application of other procedure provisions to complaints

• 660.   Transfer case to district court having jurisdiction

• 661.   Complaint to commence proceedings

• 662.   Complainants and defendants, who may be

• 663.   oral complaint

• 664.   Oath for complaint, when necessary

• 665.   One matter of complaint

• 666.   Complaint, how made

• 667.   Description of offence

• 668.   Specifying or negativing exception, etc., unnecessary

• 669.   Value of property

• 670.   Implication of statement that act is done contrary to an enactment

• 671.   Period of limitation

• 672.   Refusal to entertain complaints

• 673.   Bringing up defendant in person

• 674.   Issue and contents of summons

• 675.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 676.   Warrant instead of summons in first instance

• 677.   Proof of previous conviction

• 678.   Recording of evidence

• 679.   Bringing up inmate to testify

• 680.   Issue of summons to witness

• 681.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 682.   Warrant for witness disobeying summons or avoiding service

• 683.   Warrant for witness in first instance, when

• 684.   Bringing up arrested witness

• 685.   Liability of witness to attend adjourned sitting

• 686.   Power to adjourn in general

• 687.   Power to amend a charge

• 688.   Order if neither party appears

• 689.   Powers of Court on non-appearance of complainant

• 690.   Proceedings on non-appearance of defendant

• 691.   Court, if parties appear, to hear complaint

• 692.   Appearance in person or by counsel

• 693.   Hearing of cross complaints or similar complaints together

• 694.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 695.   Objection to jurisdiction

• 696.   Objection as to informality in summons or service

• 697.   Objection as to mode of stating charge

• 698.   Objection to defect of substance, or form, or variance

• 699.   Variance as to time or place

• 700.   Omissions and mis-statements

• 701.   Powers of Magistrate as to defects or irregularities

• 702.   Order against defendant admitting charge

• 703.   Proceedings if “not guilty” Plea pleaded or partial plea not accepted

• 704.   Notice of defence to complainant

• 705.   Case and evidence for complainant

• 706.   Caution to undefended defendant

• 707.   Case and evidence for defendant

• 708.   Evidence in reply

• 709.   Placing witnesses out of Court

• 710.   Dismissal or order against defendant

• 711.   Remand for medical examination

• 712.   Formal order of dismissal

• 713.   Effect of conviction in part

• 714.   Entry of minute of order against defendant

• 715.   Offence charged — conviction for attempt

• 716.   Attempt charged and offence proved — conviction

• 717.   Complaint divisible

• 718.   Fraudulent breach of trust and stealing

• 719.   Court to be open and public generally

• 720.   Right to appeal

• 721.   Appeal against summary conviction of indictable offence

• 722.   Right after notice of appeal to copies of proceedings

• 723.   Suspension of execution during appeal

• 724.   Notice of appeal

• 725.   Notice of appeal by appellant in custody

• 726.   Notice by clerk to respondent

• 727.   Notice of grounds for appeal

• 728.   Appellant or practitioner to sign notice of grounds of appeal

• 729.   Particulars of grounds of appeal

• 730.   Notice of special grounds

• 731.   Entry of notice of reasons for appeal

• 732.   Statutory grounds of appeal

• 733.   Recognizance or other security by appellant

• 734.   Transmission of appeal proceedings to Registrar

• 735.   Sittings of Court of Appeal

• 736.   Notice of appeal sitting to parties

• 737.   No appeal to be heard within 21 days of order but by consent

• 738.   Appearance in person or by counsel

• 739.   Striking out appeal on non-appearance of appellant

• 740.   Adjournment and terms thereof

• 741.   General provisions as to hearing

• 742.   Appellant bound by grounds in notice

• 743.   Objections to grounds for appeal

• 744.   Defects, variances, etc., when immaterial

• 745.   Amendment of recognizance

• 746.   Production of documents, exhibits, or other things

• 747.   Appeal to be determined on record

• 748.   Notice of application to adduce evidence at hearing

• 749.   Evidence by affidavit

• 750.   Examination of witness in appeal

• 751.   Proceedings as to evidence on appeal

• 752.   Inadmissible grounds of appeal

• 753.   Appeals to be decided on merits

• 754.   Powers of Court on appeal

• 755.   Judgment on appeal final

• 756.   Power of Court as to costs

• 757.   Costs where appeal abandoned or withdrawn

• 758.   Execution for appeal costs

• 759.   Default of appearance by appellant

• 760.   Transmission of appeal judgment to District Court

• 761.   Power of magistrate to enforce appeal judgment

• 762.   Publication of judgment reasons

• 763.   Power of Magistrate to state case

• 764.   Recognizance by applicant

• 765.   Release of appellant

• 766.   Transmission of case and notice of hearing

• 767.   Saving as to right of appeal

• 768.   Power of Director of Public Prosecutions to require case to be stated

• 769.   Remission of case stated to magistrate. hearing and procedure

• 770.   Review of sentencing

• 771.   Definition of “Court”

• 772.   Summary trials generally. Power to adjourn and remand

• 773.   Procedure

• 774.   Complaint for offence triable either on indictment or summarily

• 775.   Summary trial of complaint against adult for certain indictable offences

• 776.   Reduction of charge from indictable to summary offence

• 777.   Summary trial of child other than for murder

• 778.   Summary trial of young person with his or her consent

• 779A.   Pocedure

• 779.   Proceedings in case of suspected offence

• 780.   Proceedings in case of absconding accused

• 781.   District in which to hold initial hearing

• 782.   Power to transfer inquiry as to offence committed out of limit of jurisdiction

• 783.   Order to bring up inmate for trial or inquiry

• 784.   Warrant Instead of Summons

• 785.   Issue and contents of summons

• 786.   Service of summons generally

• 787.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 788.   Proof of service generally

• 789.   Issue of warrant

• 790.   Proceedings on arrest

• 791.   Order to bring up inmate as witness

• 792.   Issue and contents of summons to witness

• 793.   Service and proof of service of, summons on witness

• 794.   Warrant for witness disobeying summons or avoiding service

• 795.   Warrant for witness in first instance

• 796.   Witness arrested; How dealt with

• 797.   Initial and Sufficiency Hearing

• 798.   Sufficiency Hearing

• 799.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 800.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 801.   Committal of Defendant

• 802.   Discharge of Defendant

• 803.   Bail or committal to correctional facility of accused

• 804.   Transmission of documents to Registrar

• 805.   NOTICE to Director of Public ProSecutions

• 806.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 807.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 808.   (Repealed by Act 11 of 2008)

• 809.   Mistake in caption

• 810.   Sufficiency of statement of offence in count

• 811.   Counts to be numbered

• 812.   Unnecessary averments as to offence by bankrupt

• 813.   Statement of intent to defraud, deceive or injure

• 814.   Allegations for pretending as to enclosures in postal packets

• 815.   Negativing exceptions or exemptions

• 816.   Statement of means or instrument

• 817.   Statement not needing proof

• 818.   Qualifying allegations unnecessary

• 819.   Statement of value

• 820.   Inadmissible objection

• 821.   Statements in alternative as in enactment lawful

• 822.   Sufficiency of averment as to bank-note or note described as money

• 823.   Sufficiency of averments charging fraud without details

• 824.   Count for libel or selling or exhibiting publications

• 825.   Count for perjury, etc. not invalid etc.

• 826.   Exception

• 827.   Description of accused

• 828.   Description of document or thing

• 829.   Statement of act, omission, place, thing, time

• 830.   Description of property

• 831.   Description of trade or other mark

• 832.   Joining of counts, but murder alone to be charged

• 833.   Charging any or all of several offences

• 834.   Indictment for stealing

• 835.   Election by prosecutor etc.

• 836.   Joinder of persons

• 837.   Power to order particulars and adjourn for purpose

• 838.   Consideration of written statements or depositions on application

• 839.   Charging previous convictions

• 840.   Unnecessary to charge previous conviction. Competence to prove previous conviction

• 841.   Indictments to be generally preferred by Director of Public Prosecutions

• 842.   Charging offence disclosed by depositions

• 843.   Signing of indictments

• 844.   Filing of indictments

• 845.   Service of copy of indictment

• 846.   Statement and proof of overt acts

• 847.   Documents to be served

• 848.   Crown Book to be a record

• 849.   Ordinary sittings

• 850.   Special sitting

• 851.   Proceedings on Sunday and other holiday

• 852.   Procedure in indictable cases generally

• 853.   Service of documents

• 854.   Sheriff to aid Registrar as to service

• 855.   Notice of objection or special plea and grounds

• 856.   Objection and plea

• 857.   Demurrer not allowed

• 858.   Amendment of name of accused

• 859.   Application to quash count not founded on depositions before Magistrate

• 860.   Objection for formal defect

• 861.   Objection that indictment is likely to prejudice or embarrass

• 862.   Objection of substance or to jurisdiction

• 863.   Objection without plea

• 864.   Special defence

• 865.   Special pleas

• 866.   Autrefois acquit or convict and pardon pleaded together

• 867.   Discharge of accused on plea of autrefois convict

• 868.   Previous acquittal or conviction, a bar to charge with additions tending to increase punishment

• 869.   Acquittal or conviction for murder a bar to second charge of manslaughter and vice versa

• 870.   Use of deposition and Judge's notes to try plea of autrefois acquit or convict

• 871.   Proceeding on pleas other than plea of guilty

• 872.   Trial of fresh issues on pleas other than plea of not guilty

• 873.   Trial to be on indictment

• 874.   Trial to be by Judge and jury

• 875.   Same procedure for all offences except treason

• 876.   Non-appearance of accused

• 877.   Forfeiture of recognizance of accused and sureties

• 878.   Power to adjourn and directions to jury

• 879.   Formal adjournment not necessary

• 880.   Bail of accused or witnesses on adjournment

• 881.   Defects, omissions, variances

• 882.   Insertion, or change of count to meet plea

• 883.   Terms and conditions of amendments

• 884.   Correction of errors

• 885.   Order to bring up inmate in custody for the other cause

• 886.   Right of accused to have indictment read

• 887.   Accused to appear and plead

• 888.   Accused committed for sentence to plead

• 889.   No pleading to previous conviction count. Exception

• 890.   No plea in abatement

• 891.   Competent pleas

• 892.   Jury to find if accused capable to plead and take his or her trial

• 893.   Giving accused in charge to jury

• 894.   Deposition signed by magistrate to be evidence

• 895.   Evidence at former trial similarly admissible

• 896.   Evidence of possession of stolen property and of previous convictions

• 897.   Jury to determine issues as to previous conviction

• 898.   Previous conviction, how proved

• 899.   Judge to take notes of evidence

• 900.   Order to bring up inmate witness

• 901.   Summons to witness

• 902.   Service of summons to witness

• 903.   Court to order prosecution to call witness

• 904.   Court to dispense with production of medical or other witness

• 905.   Witness for prosecution not previously examined

• 906.   Witnesses to be outside Courtroom

• 907.   Refractory witness

• 908.   Disclosure by the prosecutor

• 909.   Voluntary Disclosure by accused

• 910.   Application by accused for disclosure

• 911.   Continuing duty of prosecutor to disclose

• 912.   Faults of disclosure by accused

• 913.   Opening case and evidence for prosecution

• 914.   Powers of Court at close of prosecution

• 915.   Defence Counsel to declare intentions

• 916.   Defence by counsel and caution to undefended accused

• 917.   Opening of case and examining witnesses for defence

• 918.   Reply for prosecution

• 919.   Judge's duties and powers

• 920.   Summing up by Judge

• 921.   Jury's duties and powers

• 922.   Consideration of verdict

• 923.   Verdicts

• 924.   Precautions against undue communication with jury during retirement

• 925.   Qualification

• 926.   Disqualification

• 927.   Exemption from service

• 928.   Disqualification or exemption when to be claimed

• 929.   Judge may direct sheriff to strike name

• 930.   Aliens as jurors

• 931.   Preliminary List

• 932.   Publication of list

• 933.   Revision of list

• 934.   Magistrate to certify and transmit to Registrar copy of list

• 935.   Appeal

• 936.   The Juror's Book

• 937.   Summoning of jurors

• 938.   Only one person to be summoned from each place of business

• 939.   Omission of juror believed absent or dead

• 940.   Presumption of regularity and lawfulness of panel

• 941.   Copy of panel to be delivered to Registrar

• 942.   Service of summons to juror

• 943.   Order to summon tales on exhaustion of panel

• 944.   Summoning of jury for adjourned sitting on discharge of jury for non-agreement

• 945.   Calling jurors to empanel a jury

• 946.   Drawing a jury

• 947.   Trial of successive issues by same jury

• 948.   Number of jury

• 949.   Counting and swearing of jury

• 950.   Swearing of jury collectively

• 951.   Jury to be sworn to give true verdict

• 952.   Election of foreperson

• 953.   Alternate jurors

• 954.   Challenge to the panel, when to be made

• 955.   Grounds, etc. of challenge to the panel

• 956.   Challenge to the polls

• 957.   Grounds and mode of challenge for cause

• 958.   Trial of challenge for cause

• 959.   Peremptory challenges

• 960.   Joining or severing challenges on trial of several persons

• 961.   Tales

• 962.   Power of Court to discharge jury without verdict

• 963.   Procedure where juror dies, becomes incapable or is absent

• 964.   Power of Court to discharge non-neutral juror, sworn or not

• 965.   Right of summoned jurors to fees on attendance

• 966.   Registrar's discretion as to fees

• 967.   Limitation of juror's claim for payment

• 968.   Return by Registrar of payments

• 969.   Fine on juror for non-attendance, etc.

• 970.   Fine on juror refusing to serve, etc.

• 971.   Power of Judge to reduce or remit fine

• 972.   Levy by distress and sale on non-payment of fine

• 973.   Accommodation, custody and refreshment of jury

• 974.   Power of Court to discharge or release juror

• 975.   View by jury

• 976.   Directions to prevent undue communication with jurors

• 977.   Irregularity as to jury not to invalidate

• 978.   Delivery and recording of verdict

• 979.   Verdict on each count generally. Questions to jury

• 980.   Rectifying verdict

• 981.   Discharge of accused on acquittal

• 982.   Verdict on charge of attempt

• 983.   Offence charged — conviction for another

• 984.   Offence charged — conviction for attempt

• 985.   Count divisible

• 986.   Verdict where offence causing specific result charged

• 987.   Conviction for offence charged although proved to be included in another offence

• 988.   Verdict on charge of murder or manslaughter

• 989.   Verdict on charge of assault to murder or with intent

• 990.   Verdict where procuring offence charged

• 991.   Verdict on charge of rape, etc.

• 992.   Verdict on charge of robbery

• 993.   Verdict on charge of stealing, etc.

• 994.   Verdict on joint charges of stealing or handling

• 995.   Verdict on charge against 2 or more persons for handling

• 996.   Power to direct return of special verdict

• 997.   General verdict of guilty or not guilty in libel

• 998.   Inspection of depositions and exhibits by accused

• 999.   Alloctus

• 1000.   Motion in arrest of judgment

• 1001.   Sentence at same or future sitting

• 1002.   Power to reserve decision on questions raised at trial

• 1003.   Validity of proceedings

• 1004.   Sentence by any Judge

• 1005.   Evidence as to proper sentence

• 1006.   Sentence on verdict of guilty on several counts

• 1007.   Sentence of death not to be passed on pregnant women

• 1008.   No jury de ventre inspiciendo

• 1009.   Error not allowed

• 1010.   Reserve of question of law

• 1011.   Warrant for execution of sentence

• 1012.   Presence of accused at trial

• 1013.   Power to clear Court

• 1014.   Proceedings in camera

• 1015.   Directions as to separate trials

• 1016.   Motion by accused for discharge on failure to prosecute

• 1017.   Withdrawal of counts after conviction on one or more

• 1018.   Issue of mentally abnormal on or before arraignment

• 1019.   Special verdict if jury finds that accused was mentally ill at time of offence

• 1020.   Person found mentally ill may be detained at Governor General's pleasure

• 1021.   Court to remit summary case to Magistrate or to try it

• 1022.   High Court to release person in illegal custody

• 1023.   High Court on application by way of habeas corpus or the like

• 1024.   Order appealed from not to be removed

• 1025.   Want of form not to nullify order. Warrant of commitment not void for defect

• 1026.   Validity of proceeding in summary trials of indictable offences

• 1027.   Validity of proceeding despite defects

• 1028.   Matters within section 1027

• 1029.   High Court to quash conviction, order, etc.

• 1030.   Objection as to no evidence of notice, proclamation etc. inadmissible

• 1031.   Validity of proceedings tried and decided on the merits

• 1032.   Improper admission or rejection of evidence

• 1033.   Warrants of commitment valid if order good

• 1034.   Qualification of accused, when presumed

• 1035.   Age from appearance, presumption

• 1036.   Proof of conviction

• 1037.   Mode of proving note false

• 1038.   Difference as to date, year or legend on note immaterial

• 1039.   Court to cut in pieces and dispose of false note

• 1040.   Defamation presumption of publication

• 1041.   Presumption of validity of deposition

• 1042.   Proof of intent to deceive or defraud

• 1043.   Presumption from things found in betting-house

• 1044.   Presumption of use of place as betting-house

• 1045.   Proof of play for money, wager, or stake unnecessary

• 1046.   Comparison of disputed handwriting

• 1047.   Presumption as to identity

• 1048.   Evidence of relationship on trial of incest

• 1049.   Presumption in prosecutions for offences respecting liquor

• 1050.   Presumption of nationality or race from appearance

• 1051.   Presumption of nationality of ships

• 1052.   Proof of false testimony by certificate

• 1053.   Mode of proof of seal or stamp used for public revenue or post office

• 1054.   Presumption from entries of receipt of money by public officer or clerk or servant

• 1055.   Proof of service or execution

• 1056.   Proof of statutes, records, documents or other writings

• 1057.   Proof of document not disputed unnecessary

• 1058.   Admissibility of unstamped documents

• 1059.   No proof of unnecessary averment

• 1060.   Power of Court to order prosecution for perjury in proceeding before it

• 1061.   Duty of magistrate

• 1062.   Service of charge on accused

• 1063.   Proceedings against associations, companies, etc.

• 1064.   Testamentary instrument

• 1065.   Document of title to land

• 1066.   Property of a successor

• 1067.   Property leased

• 1068.   Property for religious worship

• 1069.   Uncertainty of ownership of property belonging to several persons

• 1070.   Property of several persons

• 1071.   Property belonging to corporate body

• 1072.   Sufficiency of statement of name or title of company or partnership

• 1073.   Use of collective name sufficient

• 1074.   Property as owned by inhabitants of State, district, town or village

• 1075.   Property in public places need not belong to any person

• 1076.   Description of property in charge against public servants

• 1077.   Description of property belonging to Government

• 1078.   Description of property as belonging to public officer or commissioner

• 1079.   Power to enlarge time

• 1080.   Conditions of adjournment or amendment

• 1081.   Mode of trial when none prescribed

• 1082.   Trial of aliens

• 1083.   Procedures in cases not provided for

• 1084.   Forms

• 1085.   Tariffs of fees

• 1086.   Extent of jurisdiction

• 1087.Liability for act done partly beyond jurisdiction

• 1088.   Act when punishable

• 1089.   Conviction essential before punishment

• 1090.   Punishment not to be double

• 1091.   Prosecution and punishment under one or more enactments

• 1092.   Several acts respecting one person or thing, each of which is a crime

• 1093.   Liability to increased punishment on subsequent conviction

• 1094.   Indictable offence

• 1095.   Summary offence

• 1096.   Restrictions on the imposition of custodial sentences

• 1097.   Length of custodial sentences

• 1098.   Procedural requirements for custodial sentences

• 1099.   Additional requirements in the case of mentally disordered offenders

• 1100.   Saving for mitigation and mentally disordered offenders

• 1101.   Effect of previous convictions etc.

• 1102.   General judicial guidelines

• 1103.   Sentencing Guidelines

• 1104.   Punishment may not be less than minimum

• 1105. Pronouncement of sentence

• 1106.   Modification of sentence

• 1107.   Running of sentences

• 1108.   Orders of Court in cases other than for payment of money where no mode of enforcement prescribed

• 1109.   Terms of orders in usual cases

• 1110.   Conviction on verdict, confession or plea

• 1111.   Terms of death sentence

• 1112.   Statement of time or place of execution in sentence immaterial

• 1113.   Court not to fix date for execution. Judge's report to Governor General

• 1114.   Place and time of execution

• 1115.   The Minister to appoint burial place

• 1116.   Officers to direct and be present at execution

• 1117.   Presence of justice and relatives of inmate

• 1118.   Proceedings after execution of death sentence

• 1119.   Inquest and duties of the coroner

• 1120.   Documents to be forwarded to Minister

• 1121.   False certificate or declaration

• 1122.   Omissions not to invalidate execution

• 1123.   Imprisonment not to be less than minimum

• 1124.   Commencement of imprisonment on conviction before High Court

• 1125.   Commencement of imprisonment on summary conviction

• 1126.   Computation of imprisonment

• 1127.   Computation of imprisonment in case of escape

• 1128.   Reduction of imprisonment on part payment

• 1129.   Termination of imprisonment on payment or levy

• 1130.   Commitment implied on pronouncement of sentence

• 1131.   Order or extract thereof sufficient warrant

• 1132.   Power to issue warrant of commitment on default of payment

• 1133.   Delivery of warrant and person named therein to correctional officer

• 1134.   Detention in approved places

• 1135.   Consequences on sentence for 3 years or more

• 1136.   Definition

• 1137.   Establishment of Parole Board

• 1138.   Functions of the Board

• 1139.   Parole Committee

• 1140.   Eligibility of parole

• 1141.   Grant of parole

• 1142.   Parole order

• 1143.   Suspension of Parole

• 1144.   Revocation of Parole

• 1145.   Effect of suspension or revocation of parole

• 1146.   Chairman to issue warrant recalling parolee, in the public interest

• 1147.   Forfeiture of parole

• 1148.   Certificate to be sent to Board

• 1149.   Re-application

• 1150.   Parole and remission of sentence

• 1151.   Computation of sentence

• 1152.   Termination of parole

• 1153.   Assignment of parole officers

• 1154.   Offences

• 1155.   Regulations

• 1156.   Definition

• 1157.   Probation Orders

• 1158.   Duration and requirement of probation order

• 1159.   Damages and compensation

• 1160.   Security for good behaviour

• 1161.   Breach of requirement of probation order

• 1162.   Commission of further offence

• 1163.   Effects of probation

• 1164.   Amendment of probation order

• 1165.   Review of probation order

• 1166.   Discharge of probation order

• 1167.   When probationer must appear

• 1168.   Copies of amending and discharging orders

• 1169.   Supervising probation officer

• 1170.   Duties of probation officers

• 1171.   Contributions towards institutions

• 1172.   Appointments

• 1173.   Rules

• 1174.   Persons eligible to serve extra mural sentence

• 1175.   Extra mural sentence to be served during working hours under control of Director of Correctional Services

• 1176.   Director of Correctional Services to report defaulters to the Court

• 1177.   Curfew orders

• 1178.   Electronic monitoring of curfew orders

• 1179.   Orders combining probation with extra mural order, or probation with curfew

• 1180.   Application of relevant law to constituent parts of combination orders

• 1181.   Dismissal with reprimand

• 1182.   Absolute and conditional discharge

• 1183.   Commission of further offence by person conditionally discharged

• 1184.   Suspended sentences

• 1185.   Subsequent offence during operational period

• 1186.   Discovery of further offence

• 1187.   Appropriation of fines and other money to use of State

• 1188.   Power to sell or dispose of non-pecuniary forfeitures

• 1189.   Levy as in civil actions on conviction for defamation

• 1190.   Alternative powers in general

• 1191.   Extension of time for payment of adjudged sum

• 1192.   Periodical payments through office of Court or specified person

• 1193.   Postponement of issue of warrant of commitment for non-payment

• 1194.   Searching person ordered to pay money

• 1195.   Fine or penalty may not be less than minimum

• 1196.   Additional fines in indictable cases

• 1197.   Substitutional fines in indictable cases

• 1198.   High Court to fine or commit for contempt

• 1199.   Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, etc.

• 1200.   Fixing amount of fine

• 1201.   Restrictions on power to impose imprisonment on conviction

• 1202.   Scale of imprisonment for non-payment of sums adjudged

• 1203.   Warrant to arrest person etc. about to leave State

• 1204.   Procedure to determine compensation or liability

• 1205.   Compensation and costs where several persons are convicted

• 1206.   Recovery of amount of costs or compensation

• 1207.   Effect of satisfaction or compensation

• 1208.   Saving of right of civil action

• 1209.   Referring claimant to civil remedy

• 1210.   Order for compensation on conviction for indictable offence

• 1211.   Order for costs on conviction for indictable offence

• 1212.   Order of costs against private prosecutor on charge of defamation

• 1213.   Order against complainant to pay costs or compensation

• 1214.   Imprisonment of complainant in default of payment of compensation or costs

• 1215.   Order against defendant to pay compensation

• 1216.   Order for costs against defendant

• 1217.   Imprisonment of defendant for non-payment of costs

• 1218.   Remission of fees

• 1219.   Costs on application for order for periodical payment of money

• 1220.   Return of costs from Treasury in certain cases

• 1221.   Cases in which distress leviable

• 1222.   Issue and formalities of warrant of distress

• 1223.   Cases in which distress may be refused

• 1224.   Detention or release of offender during distress proceedings

• 1225.   Persons authorised to execute distress

• 1226.   Power of entry to execute distress

• 1227.   Property available for distress

• 1228.   Property exempted from distress

• 1229.   Sale of distress

• 1230.   Time within which distress to be sold

• 1231.   Duties of person executing warrant

• 1232.   Account of costs and charges of distress

• 1233.   Penalty

• 1234.   Opposition to levy or on proceeds of sale

• 1235.   Ranking and distribution of claims

• 1236.   Satisfaction of distress

• 1237.   Decision of disputes respecting distress or sale

• 1238.   Power to order imprisonment if distress insufficient

• 1239.   Powers of district court to bind persons for good behaviour

• 1240.   Binding parties to be of good behaviour

• 1241.   Power of Court to order person convicted to enter into recognizance to keep the peace

• 1242.   Imprisonment in default

• 1243.   Deposit in lieu of surety

• 1244.   Forfeiture and enforcement of recognizance in the District Court

• 1245.   Registrar's duty as to recognizance on default

• 1246.   Sheriff to summon defaulters

• 1247.   Hearing and power to remit or enforce

• 1248.   Writ of execution and proceedings thereon

• 1249.   Custody of person arrested

• 1250.   Execution against surety of person bailed and failing to appear

• 1251.   Revision of orders in cases of committal for want of sureties

• 1252.   Remission by Governor General

• 1253.   Remission by High Court

• 1254.   Remission by Cabinet

• 1255.   Discharge of person imprisoned on payment of fine

• 1256.   Release from further criminal proceedings on payment, discharge or satisfaction otherwise

• 1257.   Protection of certain persons from damages for acts done or other proceedings under Code

• 1258.   Power of Cabinet to award part of fine

• 1259.   Order against parent or guardian on conviction of child

• 1260.   Saving of certain laws and powers

• 1261.   Punishment not to be double

• 1262.   Saving of Royal Prerogatives

• 1263.Saving of civil remedies

• 1264.   Repeals

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3

• Schedule 4

• Schedule 5

• Schedule 6

• Schedule 7

• Schedule 8