58 Drunkards guilty of riotous or indecent behaviour may be imprisoned.U.K.
. . . F1 every person who shall be guilty of any violent or indecent behaviour in any police station house, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than [F2level 1 on the standard scale] for every such offence, or may be committed, if the magistrate before whom he shall be convicted shall think fit instead of inflicting on him any pecuniary penalty, to the house of correction for any time not more than [F3one month].
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46
F3Words substituted by virtue of Penalties for Drunkenness Act 1962 (c. 52), s. 1