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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
Larceny
from ships,
docks, etc.
c. 50, s. 15.
Larceny from ships, wharves, etc.
27. Every person who steals-
(1) any goods in any vessel, barge or boat of any descrip- 6 & 7 Geo. 5, tion in any haven or any port of entry or discharge or upon any navigable river or canal or in any creek or basin belonging to or communicating with any such haven, port, river, or canal;
Persons in
shipwrecked goods not giving a satisfactory account.
24 & 25
or
(2) any goods from any dock, wharf or quay adjacent to any such haven, port, river, canal, creek, or basin; or
(3) any part of any vessel in distress, wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or any goods, merchandise, or articles of any kind belonging to such vessel;
shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years.
28. If any goods, merchandise, or articles of any kind possession of belonging to any vessel in distress, wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, are found in the possession of any person or on the premises of any person with his knowledge, and such per- son, being taken or summoned before a magistrate, does not satisfy him that he came lawfully by the same, then the same Vict. c. 96, shall, by order of the magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the use of the rightful owner thereof; and the offender shall on summary conviction of such offence be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the value of the goods, merchandise, or arti- cles, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
s. 65.
Power to seize ship-
wrecked
for sale.
29.-(1) If any person offers or exposes for sale any goods, merchandise, or articles whatsoever which have been goods offered unlawfully taken, or are reasonably suspected so to have been taken, from any vessel in distress, wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, in every such case any person to whom the same are offered for sale, or any revenue or police officer may lawfully seize the same, and shall with all convenient speed carry the same, or give notice of such seizure, to a magistrate.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, S. 66.
No. 2 of 1917.
Larceny by tenants or
lodgers.
(2) If the person who has offered or exposed the same for sale, being summoned by the magistrate, does not appear and satisfy him that he came lawfully by such goods, merchandise, or articles then the same shall, by order of the magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the use of the rightful owner thereof, on payment of a reasonable reward (to be ascertained by the magistrate) to the person who seized the same; and the offender shall on summary conviction of such offence be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the value of the goods, merchandise, or articles, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
(3) In this section, "revenue officer" has the same meaning as in the Revenue Officers Power of Arrest Ordinance, 1917.
Larceny by tenants and lodgers.
30. Every person who, being a tenant or lodger, or the husband or wife of any tenant or lodger, steals any chattei
6 & 7 Geo. 5, or fixture let to be used by such person in or with any house e 50, s. 16.
or lodging shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable-
(a) if the value of such chattel or fixture exceeds the sum of fifty dollars, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years;