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Extent of Act and
place of trial
of offence.
42 Geo. 3. c. 85.
50 & 51 Vict, c. 20.
Saving for laws of British
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 18, 1913.
10.—(1.) This Act shall apply to all acts which are offences under this Act when committed in any part of His Majesty's dominions, or when committed by British officers or subjects elsewhere.
(2.) An offence under this Act, if alleged to have been committed out of the United Kingdom, may be inquired of, heard, and determined, in any competent British court in the place where the offence was committed, or in the High Court in England or the Central Criminal Court, and the Criminal Jurisdiction Act, 1802, shall apply in like manner as if the offence were mentioned in that Act, and the Central Criminal Court as well as the High Court possessed the juris liction given by that Act to the Court of King's Bench.
(3.) An offence under this Act shall not be tried by any court of general or quarter sessions, nor by the sheriff court in Scotland, nor by any court out of the United Kingdom which has not juris liction to try crimes which involve the greatest punishment allowed by law.
(4.) The provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, shall not apply to any trial under the provisions of this Act.
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11. If by any law made before or after the passing of this Act by the legisla- ture of any British possession provisions are made which appear to His Majesty to possessions be of the like effect as those contained in this Act, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, suspend the operation within that British possession of this Act, or of any part thereof, so long as that law continues in force there, and no longer, and the Order shall have effect as if it were enacted in this Act:
Interpreta- tion.
Provided that the suspension of this Act, or of any part thereof, in any British possession shall not extend to the holder of an office under His Majesty who is not appointed to that office by the Government of that possession.
12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
Any reference to a place belonging to His Majesty includes a place be- longing to any department of the Government of the United Kingdom or of any British possessions, whether the place is or is not actually vested in His Majesty ;
The expression" Attorney-General" means the Attorney or Solicitor- General for England; and as respects Scotland, means the Lord Advocate; and as respects Ireland, means the Attorney or Soli- citor-General for Ireland; and, if the prosecution is instituted in any court out of the United Kingdom, means the person who in that court is Attorney-General, or exercises the like functions as the Attorney-General in England;
Expressions referring to communicating or receiving include any com- municating or receiving, whether in whole or in part, and whether the sketch, plan, model, article, note, document, or information itself or the substance, effect, or description thereof only be communicated or received; expressions referring to ob- taining or retaining any sketch, plan, model, article, note, or document, include the copying or causing to be copied the whole or any part of any sketch, plan, model, article, note, or document; and expressions referring to the communication of any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document include the transfer or transmission of the sketch, plan, model, article, note or docu- ment;
The expression "document" includes part of a document ;
The expression "model" includes design, pattern, and specimen ; The expression "sketch" includes any photograph or other mode of re-
presenting any place or thing;
The expression "superintendent of police" includes any police officer of
a like or superior rank ;-
The expression "office under His Majesty
includes any office or
employment in or under any department of the Government of the United Kingdom, or of any British possession;