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Incorrigible rogue
Cap. 98, s. 9 · Revised Edition 2020
A person who,
(a) breaks or escapes out of any place of legal confinement or out of lawful custody before the expiration of the term for which he was committed or ordered to be confined in consequence of a paragraphs (vii) to(xix) of section 3 (1), or paragraphs (xxix), (xxx), and(xxxi) of section 4 (1) of this Act;
(b) commits any offence against any of the paragraphs (vii) to (xix) of section 3 (1) of this Act (which subjects him to be dealt with as a rogue and vagabond), he having been previously convicted of any such offence; or
(c) upon being apprehended for an offence in respect of which he is liable to be deemed a rogue and vagabond, violently resists any police constable or other peace officer so apprehending him, and being subsequently convicted of the offence for which he was so 32 shall be deemed an incorrigible rogue.
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