HABITUAL DRUNKARDS.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION. Some important new clauses,dealir»g with habitual drunkards and reformatory institutions, will be moved by the Attorney-General when the Police Offences Amendment Bill, is in committ e. The definition of "habitual drunkard" is to person twice cbnvicied of a breach of a prohibition order. ' Justices of the > Peace are not to be allowed to deal with habitual drunkards. The duration of an order for detention is not to exceed three years. Any person not being a registered medical' practitioner who is instru mental in supplying ? intoxicating liquor to a person detained in an institution for habitual drunkards is liable to a fine not exceeding £2O. A person detained in such an institution may be released by a magistrate on probation. When a person has been convicted of a crime find the judge or magistrate is satisfied that the offence was committed under the influence of drink, and that the offender is an habitual drunkard, the judge' or magistrate may, in addition to or in lieu of imprisonment, order the offender to be detained in an institution for habitual drunkards.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3002, 26 September 1908, Page 6
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182HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3002, 26 September 1908, Page 6
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