This Act may be cited as the Police Offences Amendment Act (No. 2) 1952, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Police Offences Act 1927 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

This Act shall come into force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-three.

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section six, and substituting the following section:—

The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after section six (as substituted by section two of this Act), the following section:—

Every person is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate or any two or more Justices, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, who commits the offence of common assault within the meaning of section two hundred and ten of the Crimes Act 1908.

Nothing in this Act shall authorize any Magistrate or Justices to hear and determine any case of assault in which any question arises as to the title to any lands, tenements, or hereditaments or any interest therein or accruing therefrom, or as to any bankruptcy or any execution under the process of any Court.

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year who—

The fact that any person assaulted is a child under the age of fourteen years, or, as the case may be, that an assault is committed by a male on a female, shall not prevent proceedings being taken against the offender under section four of this Act, or under any other enactment applicable to the case, instead of under this section.

Where under this Act any person is convicted of any assault, and the Court is satisfied that the assault—

and where in any such case a fine is imposed on the offender, the Court, in its discretion, may award to the person assaulted, by way of compensation, any portion, not exceeding half, of the fine so imposed.

In any such case, the order of the Court shall be a sufficient authority to the Registrar receiving the fine for the payment of the portion so awarded to the person assaulted.

The award of any portion of a fine under this section shall not affect the right of the person assaulted or of any other person to recover by civil proceedings any damages in excess of the amount so awarded.

Section seventy-four of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the word “aggravated”.

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year who, being the owner or occupier of any premises, or having or acting or assisting in the management or control thereof, induces or knowingly suffers any girl under the age of sixteen years to resort to or be on the premises for the purpose of being unlawfully carnally known by any man, whether the carnal knowledge is intended to be with any particular man or generally.

It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under this section if it is made to appear to the Magistrate before whom the charge is brought that the person so charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was of or over the age of sixteen years.

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year who detains any woman or girl against her will—

Where any woman or girl is on any premises for the purpose of having any unlawful carnal connection, or in any such brothel as aforesaid, a person shall be deemed to detain her on those premises or in that brothel if, with intent to compel or induce her to remain there—

No legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, shall be taken against any such woman or girl as aforesaid for taking away or being found in possession of such clothing as was necessary to enable her to leave the premises or brothel.

If any Justice is satisfied, on the oath of any parent, relative, or guardian of any woman or girl, or on the oath of any person who, in the opinion of the Justice, is acting in good faith in the interest of any woman or girl, that there is reason to suspect that the woman or girl is unlawfully detained for immoral purposes by any person in any place, the Justice may issue a warrant authorizing any constable to enter, by force if necessary, and with such assistants as may be necessary, any house, building, or other place specified in the warrant, and to search for the woman or girl therein and, if she is found, to take her to a place of safety and detain her there until she can be brought before a Justice.

A Justice issuing a warrant as aforesaid may also, by the same or any other warrant, authorize any constable to arrest any person accused of so unlawfully detaining the woman or girl, and to bring him before any Magistrate or Justices to be dealt with according to law.

Where any such woman or girl as aforesaid is brought before a Justice under this section, he may cause her to be delivered to her parents or guardians, or otherwise dealt with according to law, as the circumstances of the case may require.

Any constable executing a warrant under this section may be accompanied by the parent, relative, guardian, or other person who applied for the issue of the warrant, unless the Justice otherwise directs.

A woman or girl shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be detained for immoral purposes if she is detained for the purpose of being unlawfully carnally known by any man, whether the carnal knowledge is intended to be with any particular man or generally, and—

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, who—

Where any person is convicted of an offence against this section, the Magistrate may, in addition to sentencing him to imprisonment or a fine as aforesaid, require him to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties as the Magistrate thinks fit, to be of good behaviour for any period not exceeding twelve months; and may, if that person fails to enter into the recognizance, sentence him to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months in addition to the sentence imposed on conviction as aforesaid.

In this section, the term “brothel” means any house, room, set of rooms, or place of any kind whatever kept for the purposes of prostitution.

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, who, acting for reward, undertakes to tell fortunes, whether by palmistry or any other means whatsoever.

For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to act for reward if in respect of what he does any moneys are paid, or any valuable thing is given, whether to him or to any other person.

Nothing in subsection one of this section shall apply to anything done solely for the purpose of entertainment.

Every person commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds who—