Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 130

130. Any public officer or servant who, without authority or necessity, detains or causes to be detained, any person under a rrest, in any place other than a place appointed as a public prison, s hall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from one to three months or to a fine ( multa ). OF THE REFUSAL OF A SERVICE LAWFULLY DUE Refusal to perform a lawful duty.