THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JUNE, 1890.
BILL ENTITLED THE MAGISTRATES' ORDINANCE, 1890.-Council in Committee on the Bill. Progress reported.
Council resumed.
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Honourable P. RYRIE gave notice that at the next Meeting of the Council he would move for the following:-
(a.) A return of the cost of the completed Lighthouses of the Colony.
(b.) The yearly expenditure for upkeep, wages and material, from the date of their completion to
the 31st December, 1889.
(c.) A return showing the receipts, yearly, from “ Light dues from the time of their imposition
to the 31st December, 1889.
ADJOURNMENT.The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 23rd instant, at 3 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 23rd day of June, 1890.
F. A. HAZELAND,
Acting Clers of touneris,
F. FLEMING,
Officer Administering the Government.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 272.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:---
Ordinance No. 9 of 1890.-.In Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordi- nance No. 4 of 1865 relating to Offences against the Person.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th June, 1890.
No. 9 of 1890.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordi- nance No. 4 of 1865 relating to Offences against the Person.
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F. FLEMING,
Officer Administering the Government,
[24th June, 1890.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,
as follows:-
1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with Ordinance No. 4 of 1865.
2. Section 49 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the validity of anything duly done, or of any conviction thereunder, nor shall it affect any punishment incurred or inflicted there-
under.
3. In place of such repealed section the words following shall be substituted, namely:-
Whosoever shall, unlawfully, take or cause to be taken any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and hoiug convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Passed the Legislative Comcil of Hongkong, this 16th day of June. 1890.
F. A. HAZELAND, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excelloney the Officer Administering the Government, the 21th day of June, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary,
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Ordinance in be read with No. 4 of 1865,
Repeal of Sec. 4 of Ordi- nanee No. 1 of 1865,
Section substituted
for Section 13.