t
F
Penalty for
act prohib- ited by pro- clamation.
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3. Every person who shall export or attempt to export any thing or article in contravention of any proclamation made in whole or part under the Military Stores (Exporta- tion) Ordinance, 1862, as amended by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance, 1914, or made in whole or part under the powers conferred by sub-clause 9 of Clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council of the 26th day of October, 1896, as amended by the Order of His Majesty in Council of the 28th day of August, 1914, whether such proclamation may have been made before the commencement of this Ordinance or be made after such commencement, shall be deemed to be guilty of a mis- demeanour and shall be liable upon conviction either sum- marily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months and to a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars.
Objects and Reasons,
The object of this Bill is to provide a specific penalty for acts done in contravention of proclamations prohibiting the exportation of certain articles, and to define the term
'export".
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A. BILL
INTITULED
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.
Short title.
Action not to be
brought or
continued
against liquidator without permission.
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An Ordinance to amend the Alien Enemies
(Winding-up) Ordinance, 1914.
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 Alien Enemies (Winding up) Amendment Ordinance, 1915, and shall be read and construed as one with the Alien Enemies (Wind- ing up) Ordinance, 1914, (hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance), and with the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Amendment Ordinance, 1914.
-(1.) No action shall without the permission of the Governor be brought against any liquidator appointed under the Principal Ordinance in respect of the trade or personal affairs which such liquidator was appointed to ́ ́ wind up.
(2.) No further proceeding of any kind whatsoever shall without the permission of the Governor be taken in any action which was begun before the commencement of this Ordinance against any such liquidator in respect of the trade or personal affairs which he was appointed to wind up, and where by the law and practice of the Supreme Court or by any special order any limited time from and after any date or event is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding in any such action any time which elapses between the date of the commencement of this Ordinance and the date on which any permission of the Governor to take further proceedings in the said action shall be served on the other party or parties by the party obtaining such permission, both dates inclusive, shall not be reckoned in the computa- tion of such limited time.
(3.) No execution of any kind whatsoever shall without the special permission of the Governor issue against the defendant in any such action as is referred to in sub-section (1) or (2) of this section, whether any general permission to bring the action or to take further proceedings therein may have been obtained from the Governor or not.