LEEWARD
. ISLANDS.

Power of
police officer
_and author-
ised person to
summon as-
sistance.

Penalty for
assaulting eto.
police officer,
authorised
persons and
their agsist-
ants,

Power of
Court to
order special
police guper-
vision.

14 Preedial Larceny (Prevention) No. 6 of 1954.

“(8) For the purposes of this section, the
possession of a carrier, agent or servant shall be
deemed to be the possession of the person who
employed the carrier, agent or servant to convey
the praedial produce suspected to have been stolen or
unlawfully obtained.

21. A police officer or authorised person
may call upon any person to aid and assist him in
the execution of his duties under this Act, and if
any person so called upon neglects or refuses with-

,out lawful excuse to aid and assist such police

officer or authorised person he shall be guilty of an
offence against this Act and shall on summary
conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding
one hundred and twenty dollars and in default of
payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding three months.

22. If any person shall assault, obstruct,
hinder or resist any police officer or authorised
person in the execution of his duties under this
Act, or, any person acting in aid of such police
officer or authorised person, every such offender
shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and
shall, on summary conviction thereof, be liable to a
fine not exceeding two hundred and forty dollars
or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for
any term not exceeding six months.

23. (1) When any person is convicted of
the felony of predial larceny the Court before
whom such person is convicted may oider him to
be placed under special police supervision for a
period to be epee in such order not exceeding
one year.

(2) An order placing a person under special
police supervision under the provisions of this
section may be made in addition to or in su stitution
for any other punishment to which such person
may be liable, and when such an order is made in
addition to any sentence of imprisonment passed
upon such person, the period during which he
shall be under special police supervision shall
commence immediately after the expiration of such
sentence.