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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 5, 1914.
9. The Governor may seize and take possession of any grain, article of food, coal or other fud and mineral oils within the limits of the Colony, and may sell any grain, article of food, coals, fuel, and ils so seized and taken at such prices as may be determined by the Board hereinafter mentioned, and the moneys to be received for such sales shall be paid into the reasury of the Colony.
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10. The Governor may, by proclamation, prescribe the maximum price for which any article of food may be sol by retail, and any person who after such proclamation. and until it shall have been revoked, shall sell any article of food at a higher price than the price so prescribed shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Order, and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
11.. The Governor may take any steps he may consider necessary in the interests of the defence of the Colony for controlling the trade in beer, wine, or spirits.
12. The Governor shall, out of the public funds of the Colony, pay to every person who shall be required to do any personal service by virtue of this Order such remuneration, and to every person whose property shall be taken, including any grain, article of food, coals, or other fuel taken by virtue of sub-clause 9 of this clause, or temporarily taken possession of or removed or destroyed by virtue of this Order, such compensation as shall be agreed on between the Governor and such person, and in default of agreement, such remuneration or compensation as shall be awarded by the Board hereinafter mentioned, whose award shall be final.
13. For the purpose of determining the amount of any remuneration or compensation payable under this Order and the prices at which any grain, article of food, coal or other fuel taken under sub-clause 9 of this clause may be sold to the inhabitants, the Governor shall appoint a Board consisting of five persons, of whom one shall be a Judge or Stipen- diary Magistrate, two shall be officers either in the Civil Government of the Colony or in His Majesty's naval or military service, and the other two shall be inhabitants of the Colony. All questions referred to the said Board shall, in case of a difference of opinion, be decided by the votes of the majority of the members. The Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate shall be the Chairman of the Board.
14. The said Board; in fixing the price to be paid for articles taken under sub-clause 9 of this clause, shall not make any addition on account of the purchase being compulsory, and they shall fix the prices at which such articles shall be sold at such rates as will, except under special circumstances, recoup to the Government the cost of purchasing the same and other
expenses incidental thereto.
15. Any person authorised by the Governor in writing in that behalf may enter upon and into any land, house, or other building in the Colony, and examine and inspect such land or building and every or any part therof, and, in case of opposition or obstruction, may use force to effect such entry, examination, and inspection, and shall not be liable for any damage directly or indirectly occasioned by such forcible entry.
16. Every person who refuses or neglects to obey or comply with any order or requisi- tion made under this Order, or does anything whereby the execution of any such order or requisition is prevented or hindered, or with intent to prevent or hinder the execution of any such order or requisition shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and shall, on summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not less than 20 dollars and not more than 100 dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
17. If any person shall, by obeying any order or requisition made under this Order, be prevented from fulfilling any contract, such person shall not be deemed to have thereby committed a breach of contract, but such contract shall be deemed be suspended by such order or requisition so far as its fulfilment is thereby rendered impossible.
18. The Governor may by Proclamation postpone for such period as he may think necessary or just and expedient the time at which any rent or other moneys shall become due and payable, and particularly may so extend the period of maturity of bills or other negotiable instruments payable in the Colony, and may suspend for such time as he may think right the execution of the judgment of any Court of Civil Judicature and the enforcement of any process of evictment or other process for the recovery of the possession