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Criminal Law Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2015 4 No.

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I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General.

8th April, 2015.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No.

5 of 2015 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act, Cap 116 ENACTED by the Parliment of Antigua and Barbuda as follows: 1.

Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2015 2.
Interpretation “Principal Act” means the Criminal Law Amendment Act Cap.

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Insertion section 12A- Loitering of children at night prohibited The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 12 the following new section— “12A Loitering of children at night prohibited CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No.

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(1) No child under the age of 16 years shall be out in the street or a public place unaccompanied by the parent, between the hours of 10 o’ clock in the night and 6 o’ clock in the morning.

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5 of 2015 3 Criminal Law Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2015 CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 ARRANGEMENT Sections 1.

Short title 2.

Interpretation 3.

Insertion of new Section 12 A- Loitering of children at night prohibited No.
5 of 2015 5 Criminal Law Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2015 (2) A parent whose child is found in the street or a public place contrary to subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.00 and on any subse- quent conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.00 (3) No parent shall be prosecuted under this section unless such parent has recieved two previous warnings by a police officer.
(4) A police officer who finds a child under the age of 16 years in the street or a public place unaccompanied by the parent of the child, shall stop and take the child to the home of his parent and warned the parent of— (a) the offence of child neglect under subsection (1); and (b) the consequence of a repeat offence under subsection (2).

(5) For the purpose of this section, a parent includes guardian or a person who has lawful custody of the child.
Passed by the House of Representatives on the 23rd day of February, 2015.

Passed by the Senate on the 10th day of March, 2015.

Gerald Watt, Q.C., Speaker.

Alincia Williams Grant, President.

Ramona Small, Clerk to the House of Representatives.

Ramona Small, Clerk to the Senate.

Clerk to the Senate.

Ramona Small, Clerk to the House of Representatives.

Ramona Small, President.

Alincia Williams Grant, Speaker.

Gerald Watt, Q.C., of March, 2015.


Passed by the Senate on the 10th day on the 23rd day of February, 2015.

Passed by the House of Representatives of the child.

(5) For the purpose of this section, a parent includes guardian or a person who has lawful custody the consequence of a repeat offence under subsection (2).
(b) the offence of child neglect under subsection (1); and (a) and warned the parent of— unaccompanied by the parent of the child, shall stop and take the child to the home of his parent (4) A police officer who finds a child under the age of 16 years in the street or a public place warnings by a police officer.
(3) No parent shall be prosecuted under this section unless such parent has recieved two previous quent conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.00 an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.00 and on any subse- (2) A parent whose child is found in the street or a public place contrary to subsection (1) commits Criminal Law Amendment (Amendment) Act, 2015 5 No.

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