Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 141
141. Saving the cases where the law specifically prescribes the
punishment to which offences committed by public officers or
servants are subject, any public officer or servant who shall be
guilty of any other offence over which it was his duty to watch or
which by virtue of his office he was bound to repress, shall, on
conviction, be liable to the punishment laid down for such offence,
increased by one degree.
Sub-title V
O F THE V IOLATION OF P UBLIC A RCHIVES, PUBLIC O FFICES,
P UBLIC P LACES OF C ONFINEMENT, AND P UBLIC M ONUMENTS
O F THE B REAKING OF SEALS, AND OF THE P URLOINING OF
D OCUMENTS OR D EPOSITS FROM THE PUBLIC A RCHIVES OR
OTHER P UBLIC O FFICES
Breaking of
seals.
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