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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH MAY, 1897.
Substituted sect.
Night Passes
necessary
when required by Order in Council. Contraven- tion of Order.
3. In lieu thereof the following section shall be sub- stituted :-
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, by order to be published in the Gazette, to direct that no Chinese of either sex (without reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie upon the person alleging it) shall be at large in the City of Victoria between such hours of the night as may, from time to time, be fixed by such Order, without a valid pass under the principal Ordinance.
For the purposes of this section "Night" means from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Any contravention of such Order shall be deemed "an offence" against the principal Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 17th day of May, 1897.
J. G. T. Buckle,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 28th day of May, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 7 OF 1897.
An Ordinance to provide for the punishment of Stowaways arriving in this Colony.
LS
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[27th May, 1897.]
Short title.
Penalty ou Stowaways arriving in Hongkong.
Onus of proof of consent.
Detention
and appre hension of Stowaways,
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 Stowaways Ordinance, 1897.
2. Any person arriving in this Colony on board any British or Foreign Sea-going Ship who, by secreting himself on board, or getting or remaining on board, without the consent of either the owner, consignee, or master, or of a mate, or of the person in charge of the ship, or of any other person entitled to give that consent, has obtained a passage without having paid for the same, shall be deemed to be a Stowaway, and shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not excceding one month.
3. The onus of proving the consent of the owner or other person, as aforesaid, shall lie upon the accused.
4. The detention of a stowaway shall not be deemed illegal, if for no longer period than is reasonably necessary for the purpose of handing such person over to the Police, and the Police may apprehend such Stowaway without a
warrant.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 17th day of May, 1897.
J. G. T. BuCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excelleney the Goveruor, the 27th day of May, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.