THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
HONG
KONG.
No. 34 OF 1935.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
L.S.
Officer Administering the Government.
Short title.
Unlawful assumption of character
of revenue officer,
53 & 54
Vict. c. 21, s. 12.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1917.
Personation
to obtain
property.
37 & 38
6th September, 1935.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to false personation.
[6th September, 1935.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the False Personation Ordinance, 1935.
2. Every person who, not being a revenue officer as defined in the Revenue Officers Power of Arrest Ordinance, 1917, takes or assumes the name, designation or character of such officer for the purpose of thereby obtaining admission into any house or other place, or of doing or procuring to be done any act which he would not be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, shall in addition to any other punishment to which may be liable for the offence, be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
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3.-(1) Every person who falsely and deceitfully per- sonates any person, or the heir, executor or administrator, wife, widow, next of kin or relation of any person, with intent Vict. c. 36, fraudulently to obtain any land, estate, chattel, money, valuable security or property, shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for life.
ss. 1, 2.
Ordinance No. 32 of 1935.
Personating owner of stock, to
obtain share
or money.
24 & 25
Vict. c. 98,
s. 3.
(2) In this section, "valuable security" has the same meaning as in the Larceny Ordinance, 1935.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person from being proceeded against and punished under any other enactment or at common law in respect of any offence punishable as well under this section as under any other enactment or at common law.
4. Every person who falsely and deceitfully personates—
(1) any owner of any share or interest in any stock, annuity or other public fund transferable at any bank or public office in this Colony; or
(2) any owner of any share or interest in the capital stock of any bank, body corporate, company or society established by charter or by, under or by virtue of any Act or Ordinance; or