31.—(a) Any person committing any of the offences mentioned in section 30, after having been previously convicted as an idle and disorderly person;| (b) | every person pretending or professing to tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose upon any person; | | Exposure of obscene or indecent prints, etc. | | (c) | every person wilfully exposing to view, in any street, road, highway or public place, any obscene print, picture or other indecent exhibition; | | Exposure of person with intent | | (d) | every person wilfully, openly, lewdly and obscenely exposing his person in any street, road or public highway, or in the view thereof, or in any place of public resort, with intent to insult any female; | | Fraudulent charitable collections | | (e) | every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence; | | Possession of house-breaking implements or offensive weapons | | (f) | every person having in his or her possession or custody any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit or other implement, with intent to commit housebreaking, or being armed with any firearm, cutting or stabbing instrument, bludgeon or other offensive weapon or material, or having in his or her possession any instrument or material with intent to commit an offence; | | Being found on premises for unlawful purpose | | (g) | every person being found in or upon any dwelling-house, or premises for the custody of property, or in any enclosed yard, garden or area, for any unlawful purpose; | | Suspected persons, reputed thieves frequenting or loitering with intent | | (h) | every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting or loitering in or about any river, canal or navigable stream, dock or basin, or any quay, wharf or warehouse near or adjoining thereto, or any street, highway or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway or place adjacent thereto, or in any highway or any place adjacent to a street or highway, with intent to commit a seizable and non-bailable offence, and in proving such intent it shall not be necessary to show that the person suspected was guilty of any particular act or acts tending to show his purpose or intent, and he may be convicted if, from the circumstances of the case, and from his known character as proved to the court, it appears that his intent was to commit a seizable and non-bailable offence; | | Idle and disorderly person resisting arrest | | (i) | every person arrested as an idle and disorderly person who violently resists arrest and being subsequently convicted of the offence for which he was arrested, |
| shall be deemed to be a rogue and vagabond within the meaning of this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months. |
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