The Archive · 1928

Responsibility for Tenants

(5) All who rent houses must: secure a shop guarantee for the tenant and report the fact of the house letting to the local police office. Should a house be discovered to be a den of kidnappers if it be the property of the criminals it shall be confiscated. If tt be ented, the house owner must me dicate the shop security for punish ment. If he fails to do this the house shall be confiscated.

(6) All who sub-let houses must, deside securing shop security for the tenant, investigate from, time to time. If he discovers suspicious circumstances and fails to report to the police so that subsequently a case of kidnapping occurs he shall be judged as harbouring kidnappers (penalty death), (7) If one of the people capture kidnapper while in the act or ing arrest he shall be rewarded. If he reports the existe ence of a kidnappers' den or. the whereabouts of kidnappers 90 he shall in The amount and details to be settled by the local magistrate, The Victim's Family (8) The responsible head of house from which someone has been kidnapped, must immediately report the case to the magistrate that he may arrest the criminal The magistrate must immediatel act on the information received and make strict search for the cri finals. He must not divulge the name of his informant, (8) Should the responsible head of the house kidnapped person not report the ease or, having. reported it, and while efforts are being made to arrest the criminals, make secret overtures to the gang for ransom= inye the victim and not report. the progress of the negotiations for ransom to the magistrate, he shall ment of not I more than five. prison and not (10)

Should the Magistrate of military official in riot, receive information from one of the people that hide nappers are about or discover themselves evidence of their pre= sence and do not immediately arrest them or, give suitable protection, to those in danger, they shall be Judged as giving' protection to kidnappers. (see rosulation, No.

4) If on receiving a report of the Presence of criminals, or themselves discover evidence of such presence and do not report to their superiors, the punishment shall be the same. magistrates ence of their presence and failing to apprehend the chief of the band within one month shall be punished uy: beings dismissed from office.

(12) These regulations shall be-publication come effective from the date of

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