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ORDINANCE # 6
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND
RESISTING ARREST: TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Village Council of the Village of North Orlando, Florida:
Section 1. Any person who shall resist arrest by any officer of the
Village of North Orlando, Florida, or resist any person called upon by an
officer to aid in making an arrest, or who shall refuse to aid an officer when
called upon to assist in making an arrest, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished as hereinafter provided in
this Ordinance.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or resist a
police officer of the Village of North Orlando, Florida, in making or attempting
to make a lawful arrest or in serving or attempting to serve any legal process,
or in performing or attempting to perform his official duty, whether such person
is acting as principal or accessory.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any police officer to receive or agree
to receive anything of value fDr any services rendered in his official capacity,
except his regular pay from the Village of North Orlando, Florida.
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Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any police officer of the Village of
North Orlando, Florida, unlawfully to promise, expressly or impliedly, that
any person shall be immune from arrest or any house or establishment shall
be immune from police inspection, or that it shall have protection from police
investigation or inspection.
Section 5. Any person or persons violating the provisions of any of the
provisions of any section of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment at
hard labor for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and impris-
onment, in the discretion of the Municipal Court.
Section 6. Should any part, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance be
declared invalid in any judicial proceeding, such partial invalidity shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 7. Any requirement of reading this Ordinance on separate days
be and the same is hereby dispensed with by the unanimous vote of the Village
Councilmen of the Village of North Orlando, Florida.
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Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage
and adoption by the Village Council of the Village of North Orlando, Florida.
Passed first reading this 3rd day of November, 1959.
Passed Second reading this 3rd day of November, 1959.
Passed third reading this3rd ~ay of Novemb~er, ,1959.
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