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Night walkers
Night walkers, vagrants, pilferers, disturbers of the peace. They may be arrested by the police, and committed to custody till the morning, 2 Hale, P.C. 90. Also a name for a common prostitute:
Magistrate
a governor, an executor of the laws. (2) A paid justice of the peace. See STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE; METROPOLITAN POLICE (3) An unpaid justice of the peace. See JUSTICES. The expression 'Magistrate' has been defined to mean a
Juvenile Courts
47 (2)]. The Second Schedule of the Act governs the constitution of these courts and in the Metropolitan Police Court District, and they are now held in buildings other than police courts, and consist of a police
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Intoxicating liquor
premises or persons. A registra-tion fee of 1s. is payable on every grant, renewal, transfer, or removal. 9. Police Regulations.--The holders of licences are subject to very strict police regulations. Their houses must be closed at certain
Collections, Street
Collections, Street, the Metropolitan Police District, are regulated by the Street Collections Regulations, 1923 (No. 1133), made under the (English) Police, Factories, etc.
Charge-sheet
Charge-sheet, a paper kept at a police-station to receive each night the names of the persons brought and given into custody, the nature of the
Omnibus
Omnibus, a vehicle for all. By the Town Police Clauses Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 14), bye-laws, may be made under the Town Police Clauses
Habitual
a criminal by habit or by disposition formed by repetition of crimes, Dhanji Ram Sharma v. Supt. of Police, AIR 1966 SC 1766 (1767). [Punjab Police Rules, 1934, R. 23.4 (3) (b)] Means constant customary, addicted to
Hawkers and pedlars
of the parish of residence, or a justice of the peace or a district superintendent or inspector of police. There are exemptions for the sale of fish, fruit, victuals, or coal, and for sales at markets or
In discharge of his duty
the officer is acting 'under colour' of his office. He must be acting at the time as a police officer and in the particular manner discharging a duty incumbent upon him as a police officer, Queen Empress
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