Section
of new Ordinance.
1487
Table of Correspondence,—Continued.
Section of Corres- Ordinance ponding
No. 5 of
1865.
English
provision.
15
B 21
16
B 22
10
17
B 23
11
B 24
12
17 A
B 26
13
20
A 6 B 29
14
19, 21
A 7
Remarks.
B 30 B 28]
B 34
Fine raised to $250-£20; "in Eng- land" omitted in s.s. (1) (a), as the words "common law' have the same meaning in Hong Kong as in England.
"fine" for "pecuniary penalty" in
s.s. (2).
Fine raised to $25-£2; "in Eng-
land" omitted (v. s. 8 (supra)).
Simplified to meet local conditions.
As enacted by No. 14 of 1925; amended to make dredging for oysters a summary offence. Old s. 17A (1) omitted-oysters being now things capable of being stolen under new s. 2 (supra).
English provisions combined; and see new s. 63 (post); Old s. 20 (2) omitted-v. No. 17 of 1919, First Schedule r. 3; "at law or suit in equity" omitted as surplusage.
English provisions combined; "takes from its place of deposit for the time being, or from any person having the lawful custody thercof, or unlawfully and maliciously' omitted from old s. 21, restored; old s. 21 (2) omitted (v. note to new s. 13 supra).
"steals or omitted (v. new s. 4).
Value of article in new s.s. 2 (a) (= old s. 24 (3)) raised to 50 cents= one shilling; in new s.s. 2 (b)= old s. 23 (1) to $10-£1; and in new s.s. 2 (c) = old s. 23 (2) to $50= £5
s.s. (3) of old s. 24 omitted (v. new s. 16), the corresponding English provision having been repealed by the 1916 Act; value of article in new s.s. (1) raised to 50 cents= one shilling; and the fine raised to $50-£5. In this and the following four sections the word- ing has been slightly amended for uniformity on the lines of the 1916 Act. The maximum punish- ment of six months in old s. 24 (2) is retained in new s.s. (2) as adequate to local conditions, instead of 12 months in the 1861 Act.
Old s. 25 as amended by No. 14 of 1925. Maximum punishment of six months retained (v. s. 17 (supra)).
15
18
B 27
16
22, 23,1 24 (3)ĺ
A 8
17
24
B 33
18
25
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