42Summary proceedings if value $100 or less

42 Summary proceedings if value $100 or less

(1)  *[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]*Where the goods or chattels so fraudulently carried off or concealed do not exceed the value of $100, the landlord or his agent in his behalf may proceed on complaint against such offender.

(2)  A court of petty sessions, upon the hearing of any such complaint, may examine the facts and all proper witnesses, and in a summary way determine whether such person is guilty of the offence with which he is charged; and may inquire in like manner of the value of the goods and chattels alleged to have been fraudulently carried off or concealed by him as aforesaid; and, upon proof of the offence, the court shall adjudge the offender to pay double the value of the said goods and chattels to such landlord or to his agent at such time as the court appoints.