The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-20
ACT 20.
An Act Relating to Persons Hav-

An Act Relating to Persons Hav-
ing Certain awless Intentions.
Be it enacted by the Executive and
Advisory Councils of the Republic of
Hawaii.
Section 1. If the Marshal or Depu-
ty Marshal or any Sheriff or Deputy
Sheriff knows or has reason to believe
that any person has lawless intentions
that are hostile to public order or the
established system of government, he
may complain to a Circuit Judge, who
shall take his sworn statement reduced
to writing or that Of any witnesses that
he may produce. If it appears to the
satisfaction of the Judge from such in
formation that the complainant has rea-
son to believe that the person complain
ed of harbors lawless intentions hostile
to public order or the established system
of government, he shall cause him to
be arrested and brought before him by
warrant, and shall thereupon examine
him in regard to the truth of the
complaint.
In such examination the prisoner shall
have the same rights of producing wit
nesses and proofs in his defense as are
accorded by Section 3 of Article of the
Constitution, to "A person charged with an
otfense.
Section 9. If upon such examination
it is shown that the prisoner had at the
time of his arrest lawless intentions
hostile to public order or the established
system of government, he shall be sem
fenced to Punishment from the Hawaii
an Islands for any term of years not less
than two years, or in the discretion of
the Judge, he may be required to give a
bond with sufficient surety in favor of
/ the Minister of Finance to be approved
at 70 anIount and surety by the Judge,
, conditioned that he will not within one
year do anything of a lawless character
hostile to public order or the established
system of government; and if such bond
be not executed according to the order
of the Judge nor approved by him, the
prisoner shall be committed to prison
and shall remain in custody until the
bond be so executed and approved
Provided, however, that any prisoner SC
imprisoned for failure to furnish bond,
as SO required, may upon his own re.
quest have sentence of Punishment
recorded against him as aforesaid
Section 3. Any person against whom
sentence of Punishment shall have
been rendered under this Act shall be
J held in confinement by the Marshal OF
his deputy until there shall be an oppor.
tunity for carrying out the sentence
) and he shall'not thereafter, without the
: consent of the Executive Council, be
permitted to return to the Hawaiian
: Islands before the expiration of his term
of Punishment, which shall begin t.
) run from the date of his leaving the
! country.
Section 4. If any person banisl &c
under the provisions Of this Act shall
return to the Hawaiian Islands before
the expiration of his term of Danish
ment without the consent of the Execu.
tive Council, he shall be guilty of {
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to imprison
ment at hard labor for a term not t
: exceed two years.
Section 3. In any proceedings unde
this Act the defendant may appeal from
the decision of the Judge or Magistrat,
to the Supreme Court in banco, and nj
other appeal shall be allowed; He shall
not be entitled to bail as of right
} Section 6. In case of a sentence o
= Punishment against any person, as here
/ in provided, the Judge may award a
r part of the costs of court against sucl
l person, a sufficient sum to cover tn,
l expense of his deportation.
Section 7. This Act shall take effec
upon Its publication.
Approved this 10Th day of March
AID. 1895.
(SigneD SANFORD B. DOLE,
| President of the Republic of Hawaii
(SigneD j. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
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