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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 264.—The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 23rd August, 1912 :—
F
BILL
Short title.
Amends Ordinance
No. 5 of 1865
Stealing elec- tricity.
Nee sec. 5
and of.
45 & 46 Vict.
c. 56 s. 23.
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Larceny Ordinance,
1865.
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 Larceny Amend- ment Ordinance, 1912.
2. The Larceny Ordinance, 1865, is hereby amended by the insertion between the end of section 28 and the head- ing "Larceny from the Person and similar Offences," of the heading and section following :-
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· Larceny of Electricity.
28A. Any person who maliciously or fraudulently abstracts, causes to be wasted or diverted, consumes, or uses any electricity shall be guilty of simple larceny and punishable accordingly."
Objects and Reasons,
The new section 28A added to the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, by this Bill is copied from section 23 of the Electric Lighting Act, 1882. The punishment for simple larceny is provided by section 5 of the Principal Ordinance.
A BILL
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General,
Short title.
Interpreta- tion of terms. ef. Ordinance No. 3 of 1870.
Innkeeper to have a right
of sale in addition to his lien. cf. 41 & 42 Vict. c. 38 s. 1.
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for the further relief of Innkeepers.
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 Innkeepers Or- dinance, 1912.
2. In this Ordinance-
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meaus any hotel, inn or other place of re- freshment the keeper of which has now by law a lien on any property deposited with him or left on his premises,
"Innkeeper means the keeper of any such place
and includes a public company.
3. An innkeeper shall, in addition to his ordinary lien, have the right absolutely to sell by public auction any pro- perty which may have been deposited with him, or left in the inn he keeps, or in the premises appurtenant or belong- ing thereto, where the person depositing or leaving such property shall be or become indebted to the said innkeeper either for any board or lodging or for the keep or expenses of any animal left with him or standing at livery in the stables or fields occupied by him. Provided however :-
(1) that, except in the case of perishable property, no such sale shall be made until after the said property shall have been for the space of six weeks in the charge or custody of the inn- keeper or in or upon such premises without the indebtedness having been satisfied.