Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
(c) any suspected person or reputed thief who by night
frequents or loiters about any shop, warehouse,
dwelling house, dock or wharf with the intent to
commit any offence under Chapter XXI of this Act;
(d) any person who knowingly lives wholly or in part on
the earnings of a prostitute or in any public place
solicits or importunes for immoral purposes; and
(e) any male person who dresses or is attired in the
fashion of a woman in a public place.
(2) Whoever is convicted as a vagabond shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or
with a fine or with both.
380. Incorrigible Vagabond.
(1) The term an “incorrigible vagabond” means any person
who after being convicted as a vagabond commits any of
the offences which would render him or her liable to be
convicted as such again.
(2) Whoever is an incorrigible vagabond, commits an offence,
and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year or with a fine or with
both.
381. Evidence of Intent to Commit an Offence.
For the purposes of this Chapter, and in proving the intent to
commit an offence it shall not be necessary to show that the
person suspected, committed any particular act tending to show
this purpose or intent and he or she may be convicted if from the
circumstances of the case and from his or her known character
as proved to the Court before which he or she has been brought
for trial and it appears to the Court that his or her intention was
to commit such an offence.
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