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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1911.
Pound breach.
of. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89 s. 26.
(3.) The money arising from such sale after deducting the pound fee and the expenses of impounding and keep- ing the animal, of the publication in the Gazette and of the sale shall be paid by the Captain Superintendent of Police on demand to the owner of such animal. Provided that if such demand is not made within one month after the sale all right to make it shall cease and the money shall be paid into the General Revenue of the Colony.
5. Every person who releases or attempts to release any animal from any place where it shall have been im- pounded or who pulls down, damages or destroys such place or any part thereof with intent to procure the release of such animal shall be liable on summary con- viction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 30th day of November, 1911.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 1st
day of December, 1911.
C. CLEMENTI,
Colonial Secretary,
Short title.
Repeals a section of Ordinance No. 16 of 1901.
Amends
Ordinance No. 34 of 1911.
Amends a section of Ordinance No. 16 of 1901.
HONGKONG.
No. 55 or 1911.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to
Stamps and Stamp Duty.
LS
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor.
[1st December, 1911.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stamp Further Amendment Ordinance, 1911.
2. Section 15 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, renumbere:l as section 19 thereof by the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1911, is hereby repealed.
3. Sub-section (F) of section 15 of the Stamp Amend- ment Ordinance, 1911, is hereby amended by the deletion of the words and figures :-
for each jup to $1,000, . endorsement over
.$10
25"
and by the substitution therefor of the words and figures :
**for each endorse-
ment. and in up to $1,000,...10 cents. substitution for over
any other duty,
...25 cents."
4 Section 23 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, renumbered as section 28 thereof by the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1911, is hereby amended by renumbering sub-section (3) thereof as sub-section (1) and by the insertion of the fol- lowing sub-section : —
**(3.) refusing to give a receipt duly stamped in any
ease where a receipt would be liable to duty.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 30th day of November, 1911.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Counciis.
Assented to by His Excelleney the Governor, the 1st day of December, 1911.
C. CLEMENTI,
Colonial Secretary.