OF  OFFENCES  AGAINST  THE  DOMESTIC  TRANQUILITY.

21. An assembly of two or more husbands is designated an unlawful assembly if the common object of such husbands is,

FIRST, To drink as defined below or to gamble or to commit any other matrimonial offence,

SECONDLY, To overawe by show of authority their wives from the exercise of the lawful authority of such wives,

THIRDLY, To resist the execution of a wife’s order.

22. Whoever is member of an unlawful assembly shall be punished by imprisonment with hard words and shall also be liable to contemptuous silence or to scolding.

OF  DRINKING  WINE  AND  SPIRITS.

23. Any liquid kept in a bottle and taken in a glass vessel is wine and spirits.

24. Whoever has in his possession wine and spirits as above defined is said to drink.

EXPLANATIONS.

He said to drink even though he never touches the liquid himself.

25. Whoever is guilty of drinking shall be punished with imprisonment of either description within the four walls of a bed-room during the evening hours and shall also be liable to scolding.