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Penalty on Persons trespassing on Grounds, &c. pertaining to Convict Prisons.
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XXIX. All Persons who shall be found trespassing upon any Grounds, Buildings, Yards, Offices, or other Premises whatsoever, belonging or pertaining to any Convict Prison, or shall enter the same without being an Officer of the said Prison, or authorized by Leave by any of the Directors of Prisons, or the Governor of the said Convict Prison, shall, upon Conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace for the County in which any such Convict Prison may be situate, be adjudged to pay a Fine not exceeding for the First Offence Forty Shillings, to be recovered in the usual Way, or in default of Payment then the Offender may be sent to the Common Gaol, with or without Hard Labour, for any Period not exceeding One Month; and for a Second or subsequent Offence the Offender may be fined in any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, to be recovered in the same usual Way, or in default to be liable to Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labour, for a Period not exceeding Three Calendar Months.
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