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Cheating. Whoever shall obtain from another money or property by dishonesty or falsehood, or shall adulterate food or produce with any foreign substance so as to increase the weight thereof, or shall conceal a stone or weighty substance in basket of produce, or sell arrowroot or copra insufficiently dried in order to add to its weight, shall, on conviction, restore the amount obtained by fraud ; also work on the roads or make lime-ovens for any term not exceeding two months. But women, upon conviction of above offence, shall make mats or do other women's work equal to above as a punishment. Lost Property. Whoever shall find any lost property shall deliver it to its owner; but if the owner be unknown he shall deliver it to the Mayor (Pule he Maga), who shall have it proclaimed. If the owner be not found at the expiration of twenty-eight days, the property shall belong to the finder. Stealing Bush, and removing or overstepping Land-marks. Whoever shall remove the land-marks, or overstep them, or appropriate the land (bush) of another, shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of Bs. sterling. Destruction of Property. Whoever shall wilfully destroy or damage any property, animal, or plantation shall, upon conviction, pay the value of the damaged property to the owner, and may further be ordered to work on the roads for any term not exceeding two months. Arson. Whoever shall wilfully set fire to any building shall, on conviction, work on the roads for a term not exceeding six months, and shall pay to the owner the value of the property destroyed. Assault. The following are grievous bodily injuries: (1) Destruction of an eye or an ear; (2) dislocation of a joint; (3) fracture of a bone ; (4) serious wounds in the head or face ; (5) injuries that endanger life or prevent the injured person from following his occupation for twenty days. Whoever shall cause grevious bodily injury to another with malicious intent, upon conviction of assault as above, shall pay damages in a sum not exceeding £2 sterling; also work on the roads for a term not exceeding six months. The following are petty assaults : (1) Striking with the hand; (2) drawing blood ; (3) spitting or throwing liquid upon another; (4) tearing another's hair or biting; (5) pushing another ; (6) seizing and tearing the clothes of another; (7) making any gesture to commit an assault. Whoever shall commit any of these offences in anger or in malice, and without grave provocation, shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £2, or to work on the roads for a term not exceeding fourteen days, or to make an oven of lime. Quarrelling. Whoever shall quarrel and cause a disturbance in the village shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1. In default, to work on the roads for a term equivalent to the amount inflicted as fine. Minor Offences. Whoever shall commit any of the following acts shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.: Using threatening, abusive, or indecent language to any person ; (2) gambling for money. Drunkenness. It is illegal for natives of this island to import, or buy, or use spirituous liquor. Whoever shall be convicted of drunkenness shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1. Fornication. Whoever shall be convicted of fornication, for first offence, shall be liable to one week's labour in making lime-oven or work on the roads; for second offence, an oven of lime involving two weeks' work. A woman convicted of fornication, for first offence, shall be liable to work on the roads for the term of one week ; for second offence, two weeks' work on the roads. If the above wish to marry, the punishment shall cease upon the day of their marriage. Adultery. If any man shall abduct the wife of another, or any woman shall entice the husband of another woman and commit adultery, the man who shall be convicted of abducting the wife of another, or the woman of enticing the husband of another woman, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2 ; also to work on the roads for a term not exceeding three months. Eloping with Another Man's Wife. Whoever shall abduct the wife of another man to the bush or elsewhere, that she might become his wife, shall be liable to the following punishment : £5 damages for the lawful husband of the woman and £5 fine to be given to the Government ; total, £10 sterling, to be paid by the man who has stolen the wife of another. H6 shall also work on the roads for the term of six months.

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