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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
No. S. 224.-The following Bill was read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 24th July, 1913 :-
A BILL
Short title.
Definition:
"Explosive
substance." of. 46 Vict. c. 3 s. 9 (1).
Penalty for causing explosion likely to endanger
life or property. ef. 46 Vict.
C.
3 s. 2.
Penalty for attempt to
cause
explosion, or for making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property. ef. 46 Vict. c. 3 s. 3.
Penalty for making or possession of explosive under sus- picious cir- cumstances. ef. 46 Vict.
c. 3 s. 4 (1).
Position of accessories. ef. 46 Vict. c. 3 s. 5,
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Ex-
plosive Substances.
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 Explosive Sub- stances Ordinance, 1913.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise re- quires :-
The expression "Explosive Substance" shall be deemed to include any materials for making any explosive substance; also any apparatus, machine, implement, or materials used, or in- tended to be used, or adapted for causing, or aiding in causing, any explosion in or with any explosive substance; also any part of any such apparatus, machine or implement.
3. Any person who unlawfully and maliciously "causes by any explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or to cause serious injury to property, shall, whether any injury to person or property has been actually caused or not, be guilty of felony, and on convic- tion shall be liable to imprisonment for life or for any less
term.
4. Any person who unlawfully and maliciously :
(a.) does any act with intent to cause by an explo- sive substance, or conspires to cause by an explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, or to cause serious injury to property; or
(4.) makes or has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance with intent by means thereof to endanger life, or cause serious injury to property, or to enable any other person by means thereof to endanger life or cause serious injury to property;
shall, whether any explosion does or not take place, and whether any injury to person or property has been actually caused or not,' be guilty of felony, and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twenty years and the explosive substance shall be for- feited.
5. Any person who makes or knowingly has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance, under such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that he is not making it or does not have it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unless he can show that he made it or had it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, be guilty of felouy, and, on conviction, shall be liable to im- prisonment for any term not execeding fourteen years, and the explosive substance shall be forfeited."
6. Any person who by the supply of or solicitation for money, the providing of premises, the supply of materials, or in any
manner whatsoever, procures, counsels, aids, abets, or is accessory to, the commission of any offence under this Ordinance, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be tried and punished for that offence, as if he had been guilty as a principal.
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