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ACT XIX.
[A.D. 1850.
his master or the agent of his master, as may lawfully be given by a father
but masters are liable to his child; and the provision for enabling the contract of apprenticeship
for^sauitfor^other to be cancelled, shall not bar any criminal proceeding against any master
offences. or his agent for an assault or other offence committed against his apprentice,
for which he would be liable to be punished had it been against his child ;
whether or not any proceedings be taken for cancelling the contract of
apprenticeship.
Powers of magistrates
upon receiving com-
plaints against appren-
tices.
XV. Upon complaint made to any magistrate, by or on behalf of the
master of any apprentice bound to him under this Act, of any ill-behaviour
of such apprentice, or if such apprentice shall have absconded, the magis-
trate may issue his warrant for apprehending such apprentice, and may
hear and determine the complaint, and punish the ohender by an order
for keeping the offender, if a boy, in confinement in any debtors' prison or
other suitable place, not being a criminal gaol, for any time not exceeding
one month, of which one week may be in solitary confinement; during
which time such allowance shall be made for his subsistence by the master
or his agent, as the magistrate shall order; and, if the offender be a boy
of not more than fourteen years of age, may order him to be privately
whipped: or, if the offender be a girl, or in the case of any boy, the
magistrate deem any such punishment unfit, he may pass an order
empowering the master of the apprentice or his agent to keep the offender
in close confinement in his own house, or on board the vessel to which he
belongs, upon bread and water, or such other plain food as may be given
without injury to the health of the apprentice, for a period not exceeding
one month.
in what cases ma- XVI. Upon complaint of wilful and repeated il!-behaviour on the
ccmtract. ^ part of the apprentice, and on the demand of the master, the magistrate
may order the contract of apprenticeship to be cancelled, whether or not
the charge is proved; but only with the consent of the apprentice and of
Refund of premium, his father or guardian, if the charge is not proved ; and such cancelling
shall be with or without refund of the whole or part of any premium that
may have been paid to the master on binding such apprentice, as to the
magistrate seems fit on consideration of the case; and all sums so refunded
shall be applied, under the direction of the magistrate, for behoof of the
apprentice.
Magistrates how to XVII. The magistrate may order any sum recovered for behoof of the
co^red ^r^a^renl apprentice, on cancelling the contract, to be either laid out in binding him
to another master, or otherwise for his benefit, or to be paid to the person
by whom any premium was paid when he was bound apprentice.
Limitation of com- XVIII. No magistrate shall entertain a complaint on the part of a
master against an apprentice under this Act, unless it be brought within one
month after the cause of complaint arose; or, if the cause of complaint
arose on board ship during a voyage, within one month after the arrival
thereof at a port or place in the said territories : and no magistrate shall
entertain a complaint on the part of an apprentice against his master, or
the agent of his master, under this Act, unless it be brought within three
months after the cause of complaint arose; or if the cause of complaint
ACT XIX.
[A.D. 1850.
his master or the agent of his master, as may lawfully be given by a father
but masters are liable to his child; and the provision for enabling the contract of apprenticeship
for^sauitfor^other to be cancelled, shall not bar any criminal proceeding against any master
offences. or his agent for an assault or other offence committed against his apprentice,
for which he would be liable to be punished had it been against his child ;
whether or not any proceedings be taken for cancelling the contract of
apprenticeship.
Powers of magistrates
upon receiving com-
plaints against appren-
tices.
XV. Upon complaint made to any magistrate, by or on behalf of the
master of any apprentice bound to him under this Act, of any ill-behaviour
of such apprentice, or if such apprentice shall have absconded, the magis-
trate may issue his warrant for apprehending such apprentice, and may
hear and determine the complaint, and punish the ohender by an order
for keeping the offender, if a boy, in confinement in any debtors' prison or
other suitable place, not being a criminal gaol, for any time not exceeding
one month, of which one week may be in solitary confinement; during
which time such allowance shall be made for his subsistence by the master
or his agent, as the magistrate shall order; and, if the offender be a boy
of not more than fourteen years of age, may order him to be privately
whipped: or, if the offender be a girl, or in the case of any boy, the
magistrate deem any such punishment unfit, he may pass an order
empowering the master of the apprentice or his agent to keep the offender
in close confinement in his own house, or on board the vessel to which he
belongs, upon bread and water, or such other plain food as may be given
without injury to the health of the apprentice, for a period not exceeding
one month.
in what cases ma- XVI. Upon complaint of wilful and repeated il!-behaviour on the
ccmtract. ^ part of the apprentice, and on the demand of the master, the magistrate
may order the contract of apprenticeship to be cancelled, whether or not
the charge is proved; but only with the consent of the apprentice and of
Refund of premium, his father or guardian, if the charge is not proved ; and such cancelling
shall be with or without refund of the whole or part of any premium that
may have been paid to the master on binding such apprentice, as to the
magistrate seems fit on consideration of the case; and all sums so refunded
shall be applied, under the direction of the magistrate, for behoof of the
apprentice.
Magistrates how to XVII. The magistrate may order any sum recovered for behoof of the
co^red ^r^a^renl apprentice, on cancelling the contract, to be either laid out in binding him
to another master, or otherwise for his benefit, or to be paid to the person
by whom any premium was paid when he was bound apprentice.
Limitation of com- XVIII. No magistrate shall entertain a complaint on the part of a
master against an apprentice under this Act, unless it be brought within one
month after the cause of complaint arose; or, if the cause of complaint
arose on board ship during a voyage, within one month after the arrival
thereof at a port or place in the said territories : and no magistrate shall
entertain a complaint on the part of an apprentice against his master, or
the agent of his master, under this Act, unless it be brought within three
months after the cause of complaint arose; or if the cause of complaint