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72d CONGRESS . SESS: I I. CH . 110. FEBRUARY 21, 19ss . from that charged or . sought to be charged, in the original complaint ." SEC . 38a. That section 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows Criminal docket .

a SEC . 103 . A docket must be kept by the clerk of the district court to Cl kee eer p ofdistrietcourt denominated a criminal docket, in which he shall enter each criminal action and whatever proceedings are had therein, and a statement Deposit of govern- of the costs . The clerk shall at the end of each month turn over ment revenues'

to the collector of the Panama Canal all the government revenues collected or paid to him of whatever character or nature ." SEC. 39. That section 105 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows Other duties of clerk. "SEC. 105 . The clerk shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned him .by the judge of said court ." SEC . 40. That section 113 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows Arrest.

" SEc. 113 . If the offense charged is a felony, the arrest may be ony hen offense a fel- made on airy day and at any time of day or night. If it is a mis- Misdemeanor . demeanor, the arrest can not be made at night, except upon direction of a ma gistra te by indors ement on the warran t, or except when the offense is committed in the presence of the arresting officer ." SEC . 4 1 . That the Code of Criminal Proced ure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended by inserting therein, following section 114, a new section numbered 114a, to read as follows : Execution of war- "SEC. 1 1 4a . A warrant of arres t maybe e xecuted i n either division `ant.

or subdivision of the Canal Zone ." SEC. 42. That section 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal . Zone is hereby amended to read as follows Arrest of person re- a SEC . 116. If a person about to be arrested either flees or forcibly sisting or about to flee . resists, after he has been informed of the in tention o f the arr esting officer t o place h im under arrest, t he office r may use all reas onable means to effect the arrest ." SEC. 43 . That section 119 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : Right to take weep- G° SEC . 119. Any person making an arrest may take from the person om person ar- rested .

arrested all dangerous weapons which he may have about his person ." SEC. 44. That section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : Arraignment for fel- " SEC. 125. The defendant must be personally present on arr aign- on y; equed f de- ment for felony . If the offense be a misdemeanor, he need not be Misdemeanor .

arraigned, but when the trial begins the clerk shall read the information." SEC . 45 . That sectio n 129 of the Code of Cri minal P rocedu re for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : Form of bench war- " SEC . 129. The bench warrant upon the information must be sub- rant .

stantially in the following form In the district court of the Canal Zone Division of The government of the Canal Zone . BENCH WARRANT To the MARSHAL OR ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE CANAL ZONE : An information having been filed on the

day of

A. D. in the

division of the district court of the Canal Zone, charg ing

with the crime of , you are (designating it generally) therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above-named and bring him before the court (or if the information has been sent to the other division, that division must be named as the place to bring the defendant) to answer said information ; or if the court