Section 25, The Summary Conviction Offences Ordinance

It shall be lawful for any tribal headman recognised underthe provisions of the Tribal Administration (Colony) Ordinance, and of any Ordinance amending the same, and for any member of the police force to interrogate any native whom they may find in any part of the Colony outside the whole of the Bonthe district except that part thereof which is included within the Sherbro Judicial District, as to his means of subsistence, his present place of abode and the chiefdom to which he belongs, Indecent exposure of person. Unemployed natives. Power of tribal headman and police to interrogate native in the Colony. Cap. 78. 278 Cap. 37] Summary Conviction Offences and, on his failing to answer, or if his answers be unsatisfactory, to take him to the nearest police station, there to be detained, with a view to his being charged under the last preceding section: Provided always that the powers hereby conferred shall only be exercised by a tribal headman in the case of natives who are members of his tribe. Gaming 26 E hhouses. • very person w 0- ( 1) keeps, or manages, or acts, or assists in the management of any common gaming-house; or (2) being the tenant, lessee or occupier of any premises, knowingly permits such premises, or any part thereof, to be used as a common gaming-house; or (3) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, lets the same, or any part thereof, with the knowledge that such premises, or some part thereof, are, or is, to be used as a common gaming-house, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of such premises, or any part thereof, as a common gaming-house; shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine, not exceeding twenty pounds, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, .. for a term not exceeding six months. Warrant to enter alleged gaming house. Proof.