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within the said island Altail work or employ any slave, at any time
between the time of sunset on any Saturday,' and sunrise on any
3londay, or dsall, during that period, procure, induce, or compel
any slave to perform or engage in any labour, for profit or ad-
vantage of his or her owner, manager, or employer, the person or
persons so offending shall incur and become liable to a fine not ex•
ceeding fifty; nor less than five dollars: Provided nevertheless, that
nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to
any work or labour which any slave may perform on Sunday in the
necessary attendance upon the person, or. in the f his nr her
owner. or employer; or in the necessary and unavoidable preserva-
tion of the cattle or live stock upon any plantation.
11. And it is further ordered and declared, That it is and shall
henceforth be illegal for any person or persons within the said
Island of Trinidad to tarry any whip, cat, or other instrument of
the like nature, while superintending the labour of any slaves or
slave in or upon the fields or cane-pieces upon any plantation within
the said island, or to use any'such whip, car, or,other instrument
for the purpose of impelling or coercing any slaves or slave to per-
form any labour of any kind or nature whatever, or to carry or ex-
hibit upon any plantation, or elsewhere, any such whip, cat, or
other instrument of the like nature as a mark or emblem of the

authority of the person or pt rsons so carrying or exhibiting the same
over any slaves or slave ; and in case' any person or persons shall
carry any whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature while
superintending the labour of any slave or slaves in or upon any
plantation or cane-piece within the said island, or shall use any such
whip, cat, or other instrument as aforesaid, for the purpose of im-
pelling or coercin aq slave or slaves to perform any labour of any
kind or nature whatsoever, or carry or exhibit upon 'any plan-
tation, or elsewhere, airy such whip, cat, or other instrument as
aforesaid, as a mark or emblem of their, his, or her authority over
any save or slaves, the person or persons so offending, and each and
every person who shall or may direct, authorize, instigate, procure,
or be aiding, assisting, or abetting in any such illegal driving, or
use, or exhibition of any such whip, cats or other instrument as
aforesaid, shall be, and be deemed, adjudged; and taken to be guilty
• of a misdemeanour, and, being thereof convicted, shall suffer such
punishment as is lierenater provided.
12. And it is further ordered and declared, That it IS and shall
hencefoi tlt.be illegal fur any persons or person to inflict in any one
day 'upon any male slave for any crime or offence, or upon any
ground or for any reason whatsoever, any number of stripes eir
lashes exceeding 23 in the whole, or to inflict upon any such male
slave any punishment or correction by the whipping, scourging, or
beating of his person, unless the person of such slave shall, at the
time of such punishment or correction, be free from any laceration-
occasioned by any former whipping, scourging, or beating, or to in-
flict upon any such male slave any punishment or correction by the
whipping, scourging, or beating of his person until 24 hours at the
least shall have elapsed from the time of the commission of the of-
fence for or in respect of which any such punishment or correction
may be so inflicted; or to inflict upon any such Elute slave any, such
punishment or correction as aforesaid, unless one person of free condi-
tion shall be present at and witness the infliction of such punishment,
other than and besides the person by or by the authority of whom the
same may be so inflicted and In case any person or persons shall
inflict, iu any one day upon any male slave, any number of stripes or
lashes exceeding twenty-five in the whole, or shall whip, scourge, or
beat any such male slave at 'any time when there may be upon his
person any laceration occasioned by any former whipping, scourging,
or beating, or shall inflict upon any such male slave any such punish-
ment or correction as aforesaid, within twenty-four hours next after
the conimission of the offence, for or in respect of which the same
may be so inflicted, or without the presence and attendance, during
the whole of such punishment, of some person of free condition,
other than and besides the person by or by the authority of whom
the same may be so inflicted, the person or persons so offending, and
each and every person who shall or may direct, authorize, instigate,
procure, or be aiding, assn Ling, or abetting in any such illegal pu-
nishment of any male slave, shall be, and be deemed to be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer such pu-
nishment as is hereinafter provided. Provided nevertheless, that
nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to
any punishments which may be inflicted upon any male slave, under
or by virtue of any sentence or judgment of any Court of compe-
tent jurisdiction within the said island.
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