SAMOA

Grey River Argus, 1 May 1931, Page 5

SAMOA

New Vagrancy Ordinance AGAINST NON-SAMOANS. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 30. i The “Gazette’.’ to-night contains a new vagrancy order. It is made under the authority of the Samoa Act, 1921. The order defines a vagrant as follows: ‘ ‘ Every person in Samoa (other than a Samoan born in Samoa) who has no lawful means of support/ or has insufficient lawful means of support, shall ,be deemed a vagrant, and shall be liable to imprisonment for six months.”

Disorderly persons arc defined as follows: — ”(1) Every person shall be deemed a disorderly person, and liable to imprisonment for one year, who is found armed with any offensive or dangerous weapon, instrifment, or thing, unless such person can prove to the satisfaction of the High Court that he i? so armed for a lawful purpose. The Gazette further states: (2) Every such weapon, instrument, or thing shall, by conviction of the offender, become forfeited to His Majesty.”