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Section 44

(1)

Every person who without lawful Trafficking.

authority

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(a)

conveys, supplies or causes to be sup­

plied or conveyed to any detained per­

son, or hides or places for his use any letter or document or any intoxi­

cating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions or any other article what­

soever;

or

(b)

brings or attempts by any means whatever to introduce into any place of detention, or places or attempts to place where detained persons shall labour, any letter or document or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, opiate, drug, money, clothing, provisions or any other article to be sold or used therein; or

(c)

brings or attempts to bring out of any place of detention, or conveys from any detained person any letter, docu­

ment or other article; or

(d)

communicates with any detained per­

son; and

(2)

Every officer who without lawful authority

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(a)

knowingly suffers any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothings, provisions, letter, document or other article to be sold to or received or used by or on behalf of any detained person; or 335

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Discharge of detained persons.

(b)

lends or gives to any detained person any such intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, opiate, drug, money, clothing, provisions or other article;

or

(c)

knowingly suffers any letter, docu­

ment or other article to be brought out of any place of detention, or to be conveyed from any detained per­

son, shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to im­

prisonment for six months and to a fine of one thou­

sand dollars, and an officer shall, unless the convic­

tion is reversed on appeal, be dismissed from his office and all arrears of pay due to him may be for­

feited.

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