TILLAINATHER v. VADIVELU.

P. C, Jaffna, 36,411.

Tom-toms-Unlicensed beating thereof-Breach of s. 90 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1865-Proclamation under s. 12 thereof-Meaning of the phrase " throughout the Island " in s. 12-Interpretation of the word " town " in s. 6-Grammatical structure of the interpretation clause-Meaning of " town and limits " in s. 90.

Where the accused were charged with having beaten tom-toms in the village of Batticotta without a license, and with having thereby committed an offence punishable under section 90 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1865, which it was alleged was brought into operation in the said Tillage by virtue of the Proclamation made under section 12 of the said Ordinance, and contained in the Gazette of December 2, 1898; and where it was contended that the term " throughout the Island " in section 12 referred only to proclaimed limits throughout the Island and not to every part of the Island, and that Batticotta not having been proclaimed did not come under the Ordinance, and that the interpretation of the word "town" in section 6 of the Ordinance included only villages set out for the purposes of the Ordinan