SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT - Legal Affairs

1 SUMMARY OFFENCES ACTCHAPTER 11 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOAct31 of 1921 Amended by*See Note on Transfer of Provisions on page 2*12 of 1920*6 of 192147 of 19217 of 192429 of 192523 of 193620 of 193714 of 193940 of 194526 of 194813 of 19512 of 195324 of 19537 of 195438 of 195412 of 196331 of 196518 of 19701 of 197227 of 197313 of 197945 of 19793 of 198047 of 198098/19813 of 199418 of 199417 of 199857 of 200066 of 200085 of 2000 Current Authorised PagesPagesAuthorised(inclusive)by (By implication)UNOFFICIAL VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO2 Chap.

2 11:02 SUMMARY OffencesIndex of Subsidiary LegislationPageDeclared Districts Order (Proc. 34 of 1931)..65 Definition of Growing Crops Order (71/1959) ..65 Kite Flying Prohibition Declaration Order (RG )..68 Swine Prohibition (Declaration of Towns) Order (223/1951)..68 Definition of Animal Order (170/1956)..76 Detention of Animals (Scale of Charges) Regulations (230/1947) ..76 Guide Fees Notification (G. )..77 Fireworks Permits Regulations (G. )..77 Note on Transfer of Provisions1. Ordinances 12 of 1920 and 6 of 1921 were incorporated with Chapter 25 of the1925 Revised Sections 67 and 68 of the SUMMARY OFFENCES Ordinance Ch.

3 4. No. 17 (1950 Ed.)have been transferred to the Public Holidays and Festivals Act (Ch. 19:05).Note on Adaptation1. Certain fees in this Chapter were increased by the Commission under paragraph 4of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03). Where this occurs, a marginalreference in the form normally indicating an amendment is made to LN 51/1980 (theLegal Notice by which the President s approval was signified).2. Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) theCommission amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter.

4 The Minister sapproval of the amendments was signified by LN 52/1980, but no marginal reference ismade to this Notice where any such amendment is made in the VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOS ummary OffencesChap. 11:023 CHAPTER 11:02 SUMMARY OFFENCES ACTARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSSECTION1. Short OF JUSTICES3. Jurisdiction of IGENERAL SUMMARY OFFENCESASSAULT AND BATTERY4. Assault and Assault upon children, women and old, infirm, and sickly assaults causing wound or Assaults by masked Where assault unproved or trivial, certificate of dismissal to be bar Magistrate to abstain from adjudication in certain of title, bankruptcy and , EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENCES,AND MALICIOUS INJURIES 9.

5 Larceny, embezzlement, false Larceny by a Larceny in dwelling Stealing sugar, rum, cocoa, Stealing goods from Stealing Stealing Unlawful possession of animals or parts Killing and wounding Killing and wounding VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO4 Chap. 11:02 SUMMARY OffencesARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS ContinuedSECTION18. Unlawfully taking Stealing and damaging Stealing and destroying Stealing and destroying cultivated Stealing, etc.

6 , sugar cane, cocoa, or other tree or vegetableproductions, Stealing agricultural Fraudulent Damaging property not otherwise provided Injuring Unlawful possession of trees or parts of Unlawful possession of farm animal or parts Corporal punishment may be awarded for stealing, etc., farm animalor domestic Second offence of stealing or damaging useful plants anddomestic Not necessary to prove Compensation to injured , Receiving, punishable as Unlawful possession of property pertaining to ships, Offering for sale property belonging to OR UNLAWFULLY OBTAINED GOODS36.

7 Arrest of person conveying to account for Search for forcible property of persons found in of warrant or to account for VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOS ummary OffencesChap. 11:025 SECTION38. Constable may board Tracing Disposal of unclaimed stolen OR LEAVING CULTIVATED LANDS41. Being found on, entering or leaving cultivated lands without lawfulcause or Limitation of time for prosecution in certain DEVICES43.

8 Intimidation by fraudulent Articles used to commit an offence under section 43(1) may be AND DISORDERLY PERSONS45. Who may be deemed idle and disorderly supporting wife or or AND VAGABONDS46. Who may be deemed rogues and by false of housebreaking for criminal in enclosed place for unlawful in other places for unlawful of defamatory obscene VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO6 Chap. 11:02 SUMMARY OffencesINCORRIGIBLE ROGUES47.

9 Who shall be deemed to be incorrigible Person suspected of being idle and disorderly or a rogue and vagabond,etc., and harboured, may be LANGUAGE AND BREACH OF THE PEACE49. Violent or obscene language or disturbance of the Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the , ETC., IN CERTAIN PLACES51. Indecency, lewdness and insulting acts in certain OR DISORDERLY CONDUCTIN PLACES OF PUBLIC RESORT52. Being found drunk in public and riotous conduct in certain Drunkenness, gambling or disorderly conduct in public Ejectment of disorderly persons from public PRESERVATION55.

10 Power to prohibit certain Power to extinguish torches, and Penalty on owner for permitting convicted offenders, etc., to Penalty on owner, etc., permitting convicted offenders, etc., to danceor Penalty on convicted offenders, etc., assembling together, dancing Constable may enter premises, Religious observances, customs or facie proof of knowledge against Possession of weapons intended for (Repealed by Act No. 85 of 2000).ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS ContinuedSECTIONUNOFFICIAL VERSION UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2015 MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND Legal LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOS ummary OffencesChap.