Section 20Part 0 —
Power to two Justices to hear and determine charge
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Any two Justices in Petty Session assembled, may hear and determine complaints against parties who have been held to bail or remanded as aforesaid; and upon its being proved to their satisfaction that the parties apprehended as aforesaid are known to be loose and idle, or disorderly persons, and without any visible means of subsistence may either call upon such persons to find sureties for their good behaviour for three calendar months, in such sum or sums as they may deem sufficient, or order that such persons be imprisoned for thirty days.