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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 139.
The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held yesterday, are published for general information.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 30th March, 1889.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Title.
Short title.
Repeal.
Interpreta- tion.
Licence to carry "arms."
No person to CRITY armis without a licence.
Exceptions.
Arms found
on junks, &c.
Punishment.
Police may arrest without
warrant any person carry- ing arma, [Ordinance 22
of 1884, sec. 4.]
Importers or dealers in arms to
register
themselves.
DRAFT BILL.
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend and Consolidate the Law
relating to the carriage and possession.
of deadly weapons.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and
BE with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Arms Ordinance, 1889.
2. Ordinances No. 6 of 1887 and No. 4 of 1889 are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinances or either of this or anything done or suffered thereunder, not to be taken to revive any Ordinance thereby repealed.
3. In this Ordinance the expression arms, includes any description of fire arms, also any sword, cutlass, spear, pike, bayonet, dagger, fighting iron or other deadly weapon, also any part of any arms so defined.
4. The Governor in Council may from time to time in his discretion grant to any person a licence to carry arms, subject to such conditions as may seem fit, and may from time to time in his discretion revoke any such licence.
5. No person, who has not a licence from the Governor in Council for the purpose, shall carry any arms in this Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any persons in the Naval or Military or Civil Services of the Crown or of any foreign power, or, to Justices of the Peace, or to Special or Common Jurors, or to District Watchmen appointed under Ordinance 13 of 1888, and pro- vided also that this prohibition shall not apply to prevent the owner of any trading or fishing junk who has given security to the Harbour Master under section 38 of Ordi- nance 8 of 1879 from having without licence on board of his junk such arms as are reasonably necessary for the pro- tection of such junk on the high seas.
6. If any arms are found on board of any junk or other Chinese vessel and the person in charge, or appearing or acting as the master or as in charge of such junk or vessel, does not produce a licence under this Ordinance authorizing him or some other person or persons on board of such junk or vessel to carry such arms, or does not shew that such arms come within the second proviso of the last preceding section, such person and all other persons on board of such junk or vessel shall be deemed to be persons carrying arms contrary to this Ordinance.
7. Every person carrying arms contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall on summary conviction thereof be- fore a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one hun- dred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months, and such arms if captured shall be forfeited to the Crown.
8. Any person carrying or reasonably suspected of car- rying any arms in contravention of this Ordinance may be arrested without warrant by any Police Officer, and con- veyed as soon as reasonably can be, before a Magistrate in order to his being dealt with according to law.
9. All importers of, and dealers in arms shall be bound to register their names and places of business at the Regis- trar General's Office, and shall take out a licence, for which an annual sum of five dollars shall be charged; and all im- porters of, or dealers in arms not registering their names and taking out such licence shall be liable, on summary conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding one month.