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Summary Offences Act 1966
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22 Entry of police 40
*Assaults* 40
23 Common assault 40
24 Aggravated assault 40
25 Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings 41
*Property Suspected to be Stolen, &c.* 42
26 Unexplained possession of personal property reasonably suspected to be stolen 42
27 Search warrant for skins of cattle, goods from wreck etc. 43
28 Recovery of possession of stolen cattle 44
29 Recovery of price paid for stolen cattle 46
30 Possession of skin or carcass of stolen cattle 48
31 Possession of property from wrecks 51
32 Offering property from wrecks for sale 51
33 Examination of persons through whose hands property has passed 52
34 Retaining or disposing of property as workmen etc. 55
*Passing Valueless Cheques* 56
37 Obtaining goods etc. by valueless cheque 56
Division 3—Illegal taking or using of vehicles 57
38 Taking or using vehicle without consent of owner etc. 57
Division 3A—Commercial sexual services 57
38A Definitions 57
38B Commercial sexual services at or near certain places 59
38C Offence to allow child on premises used for commercial sexual services 61
38D Power to require person to state age 62
Division 4—Advertising of commercial sexual services 63
38E Definition 63
38F Advertising controls for commercial sexual services 63
39 Advertising regulations 63
Division 4A—Observation of genital or anal region 66
40 Definitions 66
41 Location immaterial 68
41A Observation of genital or anal region 68
41D Exceptions to offence against section 41A 68
41E Search warrant 69
41F Seizure of things not mentioned in the warrant 71
41G Announcement before entry 71
Division 4B—Food or drink spiking 72
41H Food or drink spiking 72
Division 4C—Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures 73
41I Statement for this Division 73
41J Definitions 74
41K Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures 76
41L Direction to remove Nazi symbol or Nazi gesture from public display 79
41M Issue of search warrant by magistrate 80
Division 4D—Public display of symbol of terrorist organisation 81
41N Objectives of Division 81
41O Definitions and interpretation 81
41P Symbol of an organisation 81
41Q Public display of terrorist organisation symbol 82
41R Direction to remove terrorist organisation symbol from public display 83
41S Seizure of thing bearing a terrorist organisation symbol 84
41T Issue of search warrant by magistrate 85
Division 5—Tattooing of juveniles 86
42 Tattooing of juveniles 86
Division 6—Body piercing 87
43 Definitions 87
43A Application 89
44 Intimate body piercing of persons under 18 90
44A Non-intimate body piercing of persons under 16 90
Division 7—Homing pigeons 91
45 Definition 91
46 Destruction of homing pigeons 92
47 Compensation 92
48 Entering in pursuit of homing pigeons 92
49 Existing remedies preserved 92
Division 8—Other offences 92
49A Begging or gathering alms 92
49B Loitering with intent to commit an indictable offence 93
49C Being disguised with unlawful intent 93
49D Possessing housebreaking implements 94
49E Escaping from lawful custody 94
49F Contravening certain conduct conditions of bail undertakings 94
Part II—Provisions applicable to special localities 96
*Matches* 96