Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10)

Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 47

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47. (1) Any person who - (a) offends against the provisions contained in article 43; or (b) contravenes any exclusion order made against him under sub-article (1) of article 45; or (c) resists any marshal of the court or any member of the Police force when such marshal or member of the Police force, in pursuance of the authority conferred by sub-article (2) of article 45, is engaged in removing him from any part of any law court or from its precincts, shall be liable to a fine ( multa) of not more than fifty-eight euro and twenty-three cents (58.23) or to imprisonment for not longer th an three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment without prejudice to any heavier penalty that may be applicable under a ny other provision of law. Jurisdiction. (2) Any offence against any provision contained in this Part shall, irrespectively of the puni shment applicable thereto, be within the jurisdiction of the Courts of Magistrates sitting as a cour t of criminal judicature. PART IV OF VEHICLES Articles 48 to 94 deleted by XXIII.2000 .30). Amended by: II.1880.10. PART V OF INHABITED AREAS, HOUSES AND OTHER TENEMENTS Licence to act as mason. Amended by: II.1880.10; VI.1881.1; VI.1949.2; II.1974.2; VIII.1990 .3.

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