provision of any such enactment as regulates the sale of foodstuffs elsewhere than in public markets: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorise the arrest of any offender unless the contravention is committed in a highway or other public place.
Finger prints, photographs, etc. 58. It shall be lawful for any police officer to take the photograph finger prints weight and measurements—
- (a) of any person who has been arrested under the powers conferred by this or any other law, and
- (b) of any person who has been convicted of any offence;
Provided that if any such person who has not previously been convicted of any offence shall have been photographed and measured, be discharged by a magistrate or acquitted upon his trial, all photographs (both negatives and copies) finger print impressions and records of weight or measurement so taken shall be forthwith destroyed or handed over to such person.
Protection of police officer acting in warrant. 59. In case any action is brought against any police officer for any act done in obedience to the warrant of any execution of magistrate, such officer shall not be responsible for any irregularity in the issuing of the warrant or for any want of jurisdiction in the magistrate issuing the same and he may plead the general issue and give such warrant in evidence; and on production of the warrant and proof that the signature thereto is the handwriting of a person reputed to be a magistrate and that the act was done in obedience to the warrant, the jury or court shall find a verdict or give judgment for the defendant who shall also recover double his costs of suit.
Penalty on victualler, etc., harbouring police officer while on duty. 60. Every keeper of any place for the entertainment of the public whether spirituous liquors are sold thereon or not, who knowingly harbours or entertains any police officer on duty, or permits him to remain in such place while on duty, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty on person assaulting, etc., police officer in execution of duty, or misleading officer by false information.
61. Every person who assaults or resists any police officer acting in the execution of his duty, or aids or incites any person so to assault or resists, or refuses to assist any such officer in the execution of his duty when called upon to do so, or who, by the giving of false information with intent to defeat or delay the ends of justice, wilfully misleads or attempts to mislead any such officer, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a
