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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
Larceny,
etc., of
small tree,
etc.,
wherever
growing.
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greenhouse or conservatory, after a previous summary con- viction of any such offence;
shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
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17. (1) Every person who steals, cuts, breaks, roots up, or otherwise destroys or damages with intent to steal, the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, bamboo, shrub, or underwood growing in any place whatsoever, the value of the article stolen or the injury done being to the amount of twenty- Vict. c. 96, five cents at the least, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the article stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceed- ing three months.
s. 33.
Larceny,
etc., of
live or dead fence, etc.
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Vict. c. 96, s. 34
Suspected person in
possession of tree etc., and not accounting
for it.
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(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former Ordinance, after- wards commits any offence against this section, shall upon conviction thereof in like manner be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
18.--(1) Every person who steals, cuts, breaks, or throws down with intent to steal, any part of any live or dead fence, or any wooden post, palc, wire, or rail set up or used as a fence, or any stile or gate, or any part thereof respectively, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the article stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former Ordinance, after- wards commits any offence against this section shall on con- viction thereof in like manner be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
19. If the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, bamboo, shrub, or underwood, or any part of any live or dead fence, or any post, pale, wire, rail, stile, or gate, or any part thereof, being of the value of twenty-five cents at the least, is found in the possession of any person, or on the premises of any person, with his knowledge, and such person, being Vict. c. 96, taken of summoned before a magistrate, does not satisfy him that he came lawfully by the same, he shall be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the article so found, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
s. 35,
Larceny, etc., of plant, etc., growing in
garden, etc. 24 & 25
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20. Every person who steals, or, with intent to steal, destroys or damages any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable pro- duction growing in any garden, orchard, pleasure ground, nursery ground, hothouse, greenhouse or conservatory shall Vict. c. 96, on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the value of the article stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
s. 36.
Larceny, etc., of cultivated plant, etc.,
not growing
21.-(1) Every person who steals, or, with intent to steal, destroys or damages any cultivated root or plant used for the food of man or beast, or for medicine, or for distilling, or for dyeing, or for or in the course of any manufacture, and growing in any land, open or enclosed, not being a garden, Vict. c. 96, orchard, pleasure ground, or nursery ground, shall on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
in garden.
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s. 37.