ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ORDINANCE, 1929

ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ORDINANCE, 1929

No. 10 of 1929, repealed by Law Revision
Ordinance, 1939, Supp, Sched.

No. 11 of 1929, incorporated in No. 65 of 1911.

No.12 of 1929, repealed by Law Revision
Ordinance, 1939, Supp. Sched.

No. 13 of 1929, incorporated in No. 2 of 1865.

No. 14 of 1929.

An Ordinance to ainend the law relating to accessories to and
abettors of indictable offences.

[20th September, 1929.]

1. This Ordinance may. be cited as the Accessories and,
Abettors Ordinance, 1929.

Accessories before the fact.

2. Every person who becomes an accessory before the fact
to any felony, whether the same is a felony at common law or
by virtue of any Act or Ordinance, may be indicted, tried,
convicted and punished in all respects as if he were a principal
felon.

3. Every person wh o counsels, procures or commands any
other person to commit any felony, Whether the same is a felony
at common law or by virtue of any Act or Ordinance, shall be
guilty of felony and may be indicted and convicted either as an
accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with
the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal
felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive
felony, whether the principal felon has or has not been previously
convicted or is or is not arnenable. to justice, and may thereupon
be pu nished in the sam e manner as any accessory before the fact,
to the same felony, if convicted as an accessory, may be
punished.

And see No. 41 of 1932, [Magistrates[, s. 37.





Accessories after the fact.

4. Every person who becomes an accessory after the fact
to any felony, whether the same is a felony at common law or
by virtue of any Act or Ordinance, may be indicted and
convicted either as an accessory after the fact to the principal
felony, together with the principal felon, or after the conviction
of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a
substantive felony, whether the principal felon has or has not
been previously convicted or is or is not amenable to justice, and
may thereupon be punished in like manner as an accessory after
the fact to the sarne felony, if convicted as an accessory, may be
punished.

5. Every accessory after the fact to any felony (except where
it is otherwise specially, enacted), whether the same is a felony
at common law or by virtue of any Act or Ordinance, shall be
liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years
and it shall be lawful for the court to require the offender to
enter into his own recognizances, with or without sureties, for
keepi n the peace, in addition to such punishment: Provided
that no person shall be imprisoned under this section for not
finding sureties for any period exceeding one year.

Accessories generally.

6. Any number of accessories at different times to any
felony, and any, nurnber of receivers at different times of property
stolen at one time, may be charged with substantive felonies in
the sanle indictment and mav be tried toYether, notwith standing
that the principal felon is not included Wthe same indictment or
is not in custody or amenable to Justice.

7. Every person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the
commission of any misdemeanor, whether the same is a
misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Act or
Ordinance, shall be liable to be indicted, tried and punished
as a principal offender.

No. 15 of 1929, incorporated in No. 9 of 1021.
[Originally No. 14 of 1929. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Accessory before the fact may be indicted, etc., as principal 24 & 25 Vict. C. 94, s. 1. Accessory before the fact may be indicted, etc., as such or as substantive felon 24 & 25 Voct. c. 94, s. 2. Accessory after the fact may be indicted, etc., as such or as substantive felon. 24 & 25 Vict. C. 94, s. 3. Punishment of accessory after the fact. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 84, s. 4. Several accessories may be included in same indictment. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94, s. 6. Abettor in misdemeanor may be indicted, etc., as principal offender. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94, s. 8.

[Originally No. 14 of 1929. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Accessory before the fact may be indicted, etc., as principal 24 & 25 Vict. C. 94, s. 1. Accessory before the fact may be indicted, etc., as such or as substantive felon 24 & 25 Voct. c. 94, s. 2. Accessory after the fact may be indicted, etc., as such or as substantive felon. 24 & 25 Vict. C. 94, s. 3. Punishment of accessory after the fact. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 84, s. 4. Several accessories may be included in same indictment. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94, s. 6. Abettor in misdemeanor may be indicted, etc., as principal offender. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94, s. 8.

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