Note 198 — Chapter III · THE SUPPLY
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Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912. Section 1 provides: A constable may take into custody without a warrant any person whom he shall have good cause to suspect of having committed or of attempting to commit, any offence against section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (which relates to procuration and attempted procuration). Section No. 3. Any male person convicted may, in addition to imprisonment, be sentenced to be once privately whipped, and the number of strokes and the instrument shall be specified by the court. Section No. 7 deals with the “bully.”