The ordinance gives the district commissioner the right to levy collective fines in cash or kind (livestock, produce such as cereals) upon all the inhabitants of a town or a village, if an offense has been committed or damage to property has been caused (retroactively) since 19 April 1936, and if the district commissioner believes that the inhabitants have perpetrated the offense (or caused the damage to property), or connived at its commission, or failed to assist in identifying the perpetrator, or helped the perpetrator or a suspect to flee, or helped in concealing substantial evidence related to the offense.
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Which event in the history of Palestine is dated 4 August 1936?
The dated PalQuest record is “The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance.” The ordinance gives the district commissioner the right to levy collective fines in cash or kind (livestock, produce such as cereals) upon all the inhabitants of a town or a village, if an offense has been committed or damage to property has been caused (retroactively) since 19 April 1936, and if the district commissioner believes that the inhabitants have perpetrated the offense (or caused the damage to property), or connived at its commission, or failed to assist in identifying the perpetrator, or helped the perpetrator or a suspect to flee, or helped in concealing substantial evidence related to the offense.
“The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance” is dated 4 August 1936.
The source dates “The British Issue the Collective Fines Ordinance” to 4 August 1936. The ordinance gives the district commissioner the right to levy collective fines in cash or kind (livestock, produce such as cereals) upon all the inhabitants of a town or a village, if an offense has been committed or damage to property has been caused (retroactively) since 19 April 1936, and if the district commissioner believes that the inhabitants have perpetrated the offense (or caused the damage to property), or connived at its commission, or failed to assist in identifying the perpetrator, or helped the perpetrator or a suspect to flee, or helped in concealing substantial evidence related to the offense.