Leewarp 2 Predial Larceny (Prevention) No. 6 of 1954.
ISLANDS. a ee eee
Governor in Council ’’ means the Governor

in Council of the Presidency concerned;

“ night ”” means the interval between sunset
on any day and sunrise on the next
succeeding day;

“ preedial larceny ’? means—

24/1944. (a) the felony created by section 12
of the Larceny Act, 1944 as ainended by
the Larceny (Amendment) Act, 1954, or

(6) the felony created by section 5
of the Larceny Act, 1944;

‘* predial produce”? means—

(a) any tree, plant, root, fruit,
vegetable or other agricultural production
growing in or upon any land which is
used or is capable of being used, whether
after treatment or otherwise, as food, or
as an ingredient in food, for man, or
cultivated grass for beast, or

(4) any cattle or the carcase, skin
or any part of any cattle;

“section ’’ means section of this Act;

“suspected person” means any person who
has or has had in his possession or under
his control in any place any predial pro-
duce in such circumstances. as shall rea-
sonably cause any police officer or
authorised person ‘to suspect that such
produce has been stolen or unlawfully

obtained.
Declared — 8. (1) The Governor in Council, whenever
eee he is satisfied that the public interest so requires,

may by order declare any area in a Presidency to
be a declared area for the purposes of this Act, and
upon the publication of such order in the. Gazette
. the provisions of Part II of this Act shall become