Police Offences Act 1934 (ACT)

(Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Xo. 26, dated

3rd May, 1934.]

• THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT.

No. 10 of 1934.

• AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Police Offences Ordinance 1930.

BE it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the Executive Council, pursuant to the powers conferred by the Seat Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Government
(Administration) Act 1910-1933, as follows:—

1.— (1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Police Offences shorttitie

Ordinance 1934. and citation.

(2.) The Police Offences Ordinance 1930 is in this Ordinance

referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Police Offences Ordinance 1930-1934.

2. Section five of the Principal Ordinance is amended by DefllllHona

adding at the end thereof the following definition:—

" ' Unlawful game ' includes the games commonly known as ' fan-tan ', ' pak-a-pu', ' pitch and toss ', ' two-up ' and any game which is prescribed.".

3. Section twelve of the Principal Ord inance is amended by Fighting or

inserting in paragraph (a), after the word " i n " , the words "o r Ŝhmmt'

near". conduct.

4. Section seventeen of the Principal Ordinance is repealed offensive

and the following sections are inserted in its stead:—	behaviour.
" 17. Any person who, in or near any public place, or within the view or hearing of any person therein— (a) sings any obscene song or ballad; (b) writes or draws any indecent or obscene word, figure,
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or representation;

(c) uses any profane, indecent, obscene, threatening,

abusive or insulting words; or

(d) behaves in a threatening, abusive, offensive, or insulting

manner,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Five pounds.

" 17A. Any common prostitute who, in or near any public place, soliciting,

or within the view or hearing of any person passing therein—

(a) solicits, importunes or accosts any person for the pur-

poses of prostitution; or

(6) loiters about for the purposes of prostitution,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Five pounds.

Kecognizance	" 17B. In addition to, or in substitution for, any penalty preceding sections, any person convicted of any offence
to be of good
behaviour.	which may be imposed under either of the last two
against either of these sections may be required by the •
Court before which he is convicted to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to be of good behaviour for a term not exceeding twelve months, and, in default of the recognizance being entered into forthwith, may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding six months, unless the recognizance is sooner entered into.".

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Regulation of

5. Section thirty-four of the Principal Ordinance is amended

words ", or the giving or selling therein of any ticket or chance,
or any share in a ticket or chance, in an unlawful game ".

places of public p a r a g r a p h (b), after the word " therein", the

b y i n s e r t i n g i n

Playing	6. Section thirty-five of the Principal Ordinance is amended— (a) by omitting the words " or at either of the games com- monly known as ' pitch and toss' and ' two-up' respectively or any other game which may be pre- scribed," ; and
unlawful game.

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-

section :—
"(2.) Any person who gives or sells any ticket or chance, or any share in a ticket or chance in an unlawful game, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Five pounds.".

7. After section forty of the Principal Ordinance the following

sections are inserted:—

Carrying	" 4 0 A . — (1.) Subject to this section, any person who carries
firearms on
Sunday.	firearms on a Sunday in any public place or place of public resort shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Five pounds.
"(2.) Nothing in this section shall extend to travellers bona

fide carrying firearms for the protection of the lives and property of themselves or their employers on the public roads, or to eon- stables and other persons carrying firearms for lawful purposes.

"(3.) A prosecution for an offence against this section shall

not be commenced after the expiration of ten days from the
commission of the offence.".

Laying of " 40B. Any person who, in the City Area as defined in the City Area Leases Ordinance 1924-1929, lays poison which causes or is capable of causing the death of, or which endangers or is likely to endanger the life of, any domestic animal or bird, shall be guilty of an offence:

poison.

Penalty: Five pounds.".

Dated this twenty-fourth day of April, 1934.

ISAAC A. ISAACS
Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

A. J . McLACHLAN

for Minister of State for the Interior.

By A u t h o r i t y : L. F. J O H N S T O N , C o m m o n w e a l t h G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , C a n b e r r a .