Section 24, The Summary Conviction Offences Ordinance

Any native who remains in any part of the Colony, withoutregular employment for more than twenty-one days, or fails to give a satisfactory account of his means of subsistence, shall be deemed an idle and disorderly person within the meaning of section 31 ofthis Ordinance: Provided that, in addition to, or in lieu of, the punishment in the said section provided, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to order such native to return to his chiefdom, and if he fail, within a reasonable time, to comply with such order, he shall be liable, on summary conviction, either in the Colony or Protectorate, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months. For the purpose of proving that such order has been made, it shall be sufficient to produce a copy thereof, authenticated by the signature of the Magistrate making the same.