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Penalty for bribery.
Levying of contribu- tions on inhabitants
where extra crime re- quires the provision of extra police.
28. Every president, chairman and member of a District or Sub-district Court or Committee, aud every watchman, shall be deemed to be a “public servant" within the mean- ing of Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, and the provisions of that Ordinance shall be applied in every respect as if such president or member or watchman had been included in the definition of a public servant contained in that Ordinance.
29. Where in the opinion of the Governor there is au andue prevalence of crime in any District or Sub-district, or any District or Sub-district Committee appears to him to be unable to or to fail to maintain peace and good order in such District or Sub-district, it shall be lawful for the Gov- ernor to station police or extra police in such District or Sub-district and to order the levy of a special rate upon such District or Sub-district to an amount sufficient to defray the whole or any portion of the cost of such police. When the levying of any such special rate is ordered by the Governor he may by such order specify the procedure by which payment of such rate may be enforced summarily by a Magistrate, and all Magistrates shall have jurisdiction so to enforce the same accordingly.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th day of April, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 18th day of April, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 12 OF 1899.
An Ordinance to provide for the Better Regula- tion of the New Territories.
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HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor.
[18th April, 1899.]
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Interpreta- tion clause.
Power to
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1899.
2. The expression "new territories" as used in this Ordi- nance shall mean the additional territories acquired by this Colony under the provisions of a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China for the enlargement of the limits of this Colony.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from Governor-in and after the date of the passing of this Ordinance to do all or any of the following matters to take effect within the new territories, namely
Council to make Rules
for revenue, &c.
(1.) To make Rules for the farming out or licensing for revenue purposes in the new territories of the right to sell or otherwise deal in spirits, opium, salt, or any other commodity whatever; and to make Rules for the levying, collection, recovery by legal proceedings, and safe custody of the revenue accruing from such farming or licensing and for the keeping of accounts thereof. (2.) To make Rules for the levying, collection, reco- very by legal proceedings, and safe custody of such rents, rates, taxes, and contributions, from the new territories as the Governor-in-Council may in his absolute discretion think fit, and for the keeping of accounts thereof.