THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
3. (1) The description of property in a count in an Description indictment shall be in ordinary language and such as to of property. indicate with reasonable clearness the property referred to, and if the property is so described it shall not be necessary (except when required for the purpose of describing an offence depending on any special ownership of property or special value of property) to name the person to whom the property belongs or the value of the property.
(2.) Where property is vested in more than one person, and the owners of the property are referred to in an indiet- ment, it shall be sufficient to describe the property as owned by one of those persons by name with others, and if the persons owning the property are a body of persons with collective name, such
Inhabitants "Trustees", "Commissioners", or "Club" or other such name, it shall be sufficient to use the collective name without naming any individual.
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4. The description or designation in an indictment of the Description accused person, or of any other person to whom reference of persons. is made therein, shall be such as is reasonably sufficient to identify him, without necessarily stating his correct name, or his abode, style, degree, or occupation; and if, owing to the name of the person not being known, or for any other reason, it is impracticable to give such a description or designation, such description or designation shall be given as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, or such persou may be described as a person unknown".
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5. Where it is necessary to refer to any document or Description instrument in an indictment, it shall be sufficient to describe of document.
it by any name or designation by which it is usually known,
or by the purport thereof, without setting out any copy
thereof.
tion.
6. Subject to any other provisions of these rules, it shall General rule be sufficient to describe any place, time, thing, matter, as to descrip act, or omission whatsoever to which it is necessary to refer in any indictment, in ordinary language in such a manner as to indicate with reasonable clearness the place, time, thing, matter, act or omission referred to.
7. It shall not be necessary in stating any intent to Statement defraud, deceive or injure to state an intent to defraud, of intent. deceive or injure any particular person, where the statute creating the offence does not make an intent to defraud, deceive or injure a particular person an essential ingredient of the offence.
8. The Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, applies for the Interpreta- interpretation of these rules as it applies for the interpre- tion, tation of an Ordinance.
9. These rules may be cited as the Indictment Rules, 1919, and these rules, together with any rules made under section 2 of this Ordinance, may be cited together by such collective title as may be prescribed by the last-mentioned rules.
(Ordinance 31 of 1911.) Short titlé,
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APPENDIX TO RULES.
FORMS OF INDICTMENT.
Murder.
A.B., on the
1.
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE.
in this Colony, murdered J.S.
day of
2
at Victoria
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