Aborigines Protection Act (Amendment) 1892 (WA)

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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO QUINTO

VICTORIA, REGINA,.

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No. XXV.

AN ACT to amend " The Aborigines Pro- tection Act, 1886," and to provide a Summary Remedy for Breach of Contract by Aborigines.

[ Assented to, Milt March, 1g92.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

Preamble.

ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

(Amendment), 1892," and shall be incorporated and read with ismtraiiilezii %wilt 1. THIS Act may be cited as " The Aborigines Protection Act

" The Aborigines Protection Act, 1886 " (hereinafter called " the eiPal Act.

Principal Act ").

2.      SUBJECT to the provisions of Part II. of the Principal Act ,

any aboriginal who shall neglect or refuse to enter upon or corn- aborigines for breach Punishment of

mence his service according to the contract, or shall absent himself of contract.

from his service, or shall refuse or neglect to work in the capacity in

which he has been engaged, or shall desert or quit his work without

the consent of his employer, or shall commit any other breach of his

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contract, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, upon con- viction of any such offence before any Justice of the Peace, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labor.

3.     SUBJECT to the provisions of Part II. of the Principal Act,

Punishment of em- any employer of an aboriginal who shall be guilty of any breach of ployer for breath ofcontract. a contract under the Principal Act shall, upon the complaint of any

Justice of the Peace, Protector of Aborigines, or other person, and upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Twenty pounds.

4.     IT shall not be obligatory upon any member of the police

Service of mimmons force to serve any summons or execute any warrant of arrest against

and execution of

warrant of arrest	an aboriginal, in respect of any offence under section two of this Act,
limited.
beyond a distance of fifty miles from the place where such summons or warrant was issued, except when specially directed by a Resident Magistrate.

5.     SECTION Forty-four of the Principal Act is hereby re-

Repeal. pealed.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

ALEX. C. ONSLOW, Administrator.

By Authority l iexann PETITER, Government Printer, Perth.