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TITLE II.
OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL.
SECT.
65. Treason
TREASON AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST THE QUEEN'S AUTHO-
RITY AND PERSON.
PART IV.
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A short history of the law of Treason.
66. Conspiracy to commit treason..............................................................................................................................................
67. Accessories after the fact to treason.............. ..............................
68. Levying war by subjects of a state at Peace with Her Majesty-sub- jects assisting ....
69. Treasonable offences.
70. Conspiracy to intimidate a legislature......
71. Assaults on the Queen.
72. Inciting to mutiny.
73. Enticing soldiers or sailors to desert
74. Resisting execution of warrant for arrest of deserters.......................
75. Enticing militiamen or members of the North-West mounted police
force to desert.....
76. Interpretation...............
77. Unlawfully obtaining and communicating official information
78. Communicating information acquired by holding office.......
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PART V.
81. Punishment of unlawful assembly.
82. Punishment of Riot .........
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UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES, RIOTS, BREACHES OF THE PEACE.
79. Definition of unlawful assembly.
80. Definition of Riot .......
83. Reading the Riot Act...... .
84. Duty of Justice if rioters do not disperse....
The Bristol Riols.....
85. Riotous destruction of buildings.
86. Riotous damage to buildings........
87. Unlawful drilling......
88. Being unlawfully drilled
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89. Forcible entry and detainer ...................................................... ........................... .........................
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90. Affray.......
91. Challenge to fight a duel
92. Prize-fighting defined.........
93. Challenging to fight a prize-fight, &c.........
94. Engaging as principal in a prize-fight.......
95. Attending or promoting a prize-fight......
96. Leaving Canada to engage in a prize-fight...
97. Where the fight is not a prize-fight-discharge or fine....
98. Inciting Indians to riotous acts.
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UNLAWFUL USE AND POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES
AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.-SALE OF LIQUORS.
PART VI.
99. Causing dangerous explosions.........
100. Doing anything, or possessing explosive substances, with intent to
cause dangerous explosions..........
101. Unlawfully making or possessing explosive substances.
102. Having possession of arms for purposes dangerous to the public peace. 59
103. Two or more persons openly carrying dangerous weapons so as to
cause alarm......
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104. Smugglers carrying offensive weapons.................... .....................................................
105. Carrying a pistol or air-gun without justification.
PART VII.
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106. Selling pistol or air-gun to minor......
107. Having weapons on person when arrested...
108. Having weapons on the person with intent to injure any person..
109. Pointing any firearm at any person......
110. Carrying offensive weapons about the person
111. Carrying sheath-knives in any town or city.
112. Exception as to soldiers, etc.
113. Refusing to deliver offensive weapons to a justice
114. Coming armed within one mile of public meeting
115. Lying in wait for persons returning from public meeting
116. Sale of arms in the North-West Territories
117. Possessing weapons near public works.......
118. Sale, &c., of liquors near public works........
119. Intoxicating liquors on board Her Majesty's ships.......
SEDITIOUS OFFENCES.
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127. Piracy by the law of nations.......
Comments and authorities.
128. Piratical acts......
129. Piracy with violence......
PIRACY.
PART VIII.
120. Oaths to commit certain offences......
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121. Other unlawful oaths..
122. Compulsion in administering and taking oaths......
Secret Societies.
Societies and Lodges of Freemasons ................ ................ ..................... ........................... .................
123. Seditious offences......
words...
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libels.....
conspiracies....
124. Punishment of seditious offences.......
History of the Law of Libel.....
125. Libels on foreign sovereigns......
126. Spreading false news............
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130. Not fighting pirates........
Forms of indictment under Title II........
List of Offences under Title II.............. ................ .....
Limitations of time for prosecuting offences under Title II....... 78
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TITLE III.
OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW
AND JUSTICE.
PART IX.
CORRUPTION AND DISOBEDIENCE.
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131. Judicial corruption.
132. Corruption of officers employed in prosecuting offenders..
133. Frauds upon the government......
134. Other consequences of conviction for any such offence
135. Breach of trust by public officer......
136. Corrupt practices in municipal affairs
137. Selling office, appointment, &c................ .....................................
138. Disobedience to a statute....
139. Disobedience to orders of court....
PART X.
MISLEADING JUSTICE.
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140. Neglect of peace officer to suppress riot.....
141. Neglect to aid peace officer in suppressing riot...
142. Neglect to aid peace officer in arresting offenders...............................................................
143. Misconduct of officers entrusted with execution of writs...... 144. Obstructing public or peace officer in the execution of his duty
145. Perjury defined
146. Punishment of perjury....
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Perjury is false evidence in a judicial proceeding.
Illustrations.....
Oaths and affirmations.
Proof of perjury.
147. False oaths......
148. False statement, wilful omission in affidavit, &c.........
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149. Making false affidavit out of province in which it is used.........
150. False statements.........
151. Fabricating evidence......
152. Conspiring to bring false accusations......
153. Administering oaths without authority
Extra-judicial oaths
154. Corrupting Juries and Witnesses......
Embracery
155. Compounding penal actions........
156. Corruptly taking a reward for helping to recover stolen property
without using diligence to bring offender to trial ...........................
157. Unlawfully advertising a reward for return of stolen property...
158. Signing false declaration respecting execution of judgment of death... 94
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PART XI.
ESCAPES AND RESCUES.
159. Being at large while under sentence of imprisonment..
160. Assisting escape of prisoners of war.
161. Breaking prison....
162. Attempting to break prison.
Prison breach
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Additional Provisions of 53 V., c. 37, as to escape......
Forms of Indictment under Title III...
Table of Offences under Title III ......
Limitations of time for prosecuting offences under Title III..... 101
98, 99 99, 100
Escapes and Rescues
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163. Escape from custody after conviction or from prison......
164. Escape from lawful custody..........
165. Assisting escape in certain cases ............................. ............
166. Assisting escape in other cases............................................... .....
167. Aiding escape from prison
168. Unlawfully procuring discharge of prisoner.......................................... ................................. ...................
169. How escaped prisoners shall be punished.
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174. Unnatural offence........
175. Attempt to commit sodomy.
176. Incest ....
OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION.
PART XIII.
TITLE IV.
OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION, MORALS AND PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE.
OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY.
177. Indecent acts............................................. ............................................ ...............................................................................
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178. Acts of gross indecency
179. Publishing obscene matter................................................................................................
180. Posting immoral books, &c.
181. Seduction of girls under sixteen
Comments and authorities
182. Seduction under promise of marriage
Comments and authorities......
183. Seduction of a ward, servant, &c.........
184. Seduction of females who are passengers on vessels.....
185. Unlawfully defiling women............... ...........................
Search warrants...............
186. Parent or guardian procuring defilement of girl ......
187. Householders permitting defilement of girls on their premises...
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188. Conspiracy to defile....
Comments and authorities.....
189. Carnally knowing idiots, &c......
190. Prostitution of Indian women...
191. Common nuisance defined
207. Vagrant defined
208. Penalty for vagrancy.
PART XIV.
NUISANCES.
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Bawdy-house
Searching suspected gaming-houses, &c.
Evidence of place being a common gaming-house ........................... .................. ................
199. Playing or looking on in gaming-house.
200. Obstructing Peace Officer entering a gaming-house
201. Gaming in stocks and merchandise.....
202. Habitually frequenting places where gaming in stocks is carried on... 122
203. Gambling in public conveyances.
204. Betting and pool-selling
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205. Lotteries..
206. Misconduct in respect to human remains............................................................................................. ........................ 125
Public and Private Nuisances
192. Common nuisances which are criminal.............................. ...................................................... ..................
193. Common nuisances which are not criminal
194. Selling things unfit for food......
195. Common bawdy-house defined...
196. Common gaming-house defined.................................................................. .................................................................. .......................
197. Common betting-house defined..................
198. Disorderly-houses....
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PART XV.
VAGRANCY.
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Search warrants................ ................
Forms of Indictment under Title IV.........
List of Offences under Tille IV.............. ......................................... ........................... ......................... 133, 134
Limitations of lime for prosecuting offences under Title IV...... 134
PART XVI.
DUTIES TENDING TO THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE.
209. Duty to provide the necessaries of life...... ....
210. Duty of head of family to provide necessaries....................................................................... ...........................
211. Duty of masters to provide necessaries..................... ........................... .........................
Royal Commrs' remarks
212. Duty of persons doing dangerous acts......
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