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ANNO DECIMO QUINTO
GEORGII VI REGIS.
A.D. 1951.
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No. 29 of 1951.
An Act to amend the Offenders Probation Act, 1913-1945.
[Assented to 22nd November, 1951.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows :
Shorttlt1ea. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the" Offenders Probation Act Amendment Act, 1951 ".
(2) The Offenders Probation Act, 1913-1945, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the "Offenders Probation Act, 1913-1951 ".
(3) The Offenders Probation Act, 1913-1945, is hereinafter referred to as " the principal Act".
Incorporation. 2. This Act is incorporated with the principal Act and that Act and this Act shall be read as one Act.
E~:ent of 3. The following section is enacted and inserted in the
~:c1pal Act,- principal Act after section 7 thereof : -
Duties of members of the police force.
7a. If a member of the police force has observed, or has received a report that any probationer has broken or failed to observe any condition of his recognizance, that member shall forthwith take such action as is proper, having regard to his rank and the rules of the police force,
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to ensure that the facts so observed or reported are reported to the probation officer or other person under whose supervision the probationer has been placed. The fact that a report has not been made under the preceding provisions of this section shall in no way affect any liability of any person under any recognizance.
In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor.
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