Road Parties Discipline Act 1877 (WA)

41 VICTORIA No. 2

The Road Parties Discipline Act, 1877

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO PRIMO

VICTORLE REGINA

No. 2

An Act to make further provision for the maintenance of

discipline among prisoners employed outside the walls

of a prison. [Assented to 25th July, 1877.

HEREAS by divers Acts and Ordinances power is given to the Preamble

tude or to imprisonment with hard labour, employed beyond the limitsW Governor to have prisoners, sentenced either to penal servi- of any gaol, penal settlement, or other place of confinement, upon the roads or other public works of the Colony, but no provision has been made to punish persons who hold intercourse with the said prisoners beyond the limits of any such gaol, penal settlement, or other place of confinement, and it is expedient to make such provision; Be it there- fore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Road Parties short title

Discipline Act, 1877.'

2. Any person who, without the permission of the Governor or Holding inter- o le;it lx

some person duly authorised to give such permission, shall wilfully or t o

designedly hold intercourse with any person serving under an unre- fault of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three calendar months • and every person so offending, after a previous summary conviction of such per-

milted sentence of penal servitude or imprisonment with hard labour, ic:Zs

and not having a ticket-of-leave, shall, on a first conviction thereof in Penalty

a summary manner, before any one or more Justice or Justices of the

as aforesaid, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Twenty-five pounds, second offence

son for such offence, shall, on conviction thereof in a summary manner Penalty for

and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned, with or without

hard labour, for any term not exceeding six calendar months.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.