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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1887.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for the more effectual Prevention
BE
of Crimes.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as fol-
lows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Prevention of Crimes Ordinance, 1887.
Licences.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by an order in writing under his hand and seal, to grant to any convict now under sentence of penal servitude, or who may hereafter be sentenced to penal servitude a licence to be at large in this Colony, or in such part thereof as in such licence shall be expressed, during such portion of his or her term of impri- sonment, and upon such conditions in all respects as to the said Governor shall seem fit; and it shall be lawful for the said Governor to revoke or alter such licence by a like order at his pleasure.
3. So long as such licence shall continue in force and unrevoked, such convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned by reason of his or her sentence, but shall be allowed to go. and remain at large according to the terms of such licence.
4. Provided always, that if it shall please the Governor to revoke any such licence as aforesaid it shall be lawful for him, by warrant under his hand and seal, to signify to a Magistrate that such licence has been revoked, and to require such Magistrate to issue his warrant under his hand and seal for the apprehension of the convict to whom such licence was granted, and such Magistrate shall issue his warraut accordingly, and such warrant shall and may be executed by the constable to whom the same shall be delivered for that purpose in any part of this Colony; and such convict when apprehended under such warrant shall be brought, as soon as he conveniently may be, before the Magistrate by whom the said warrant shall have been issned, or some other Magistrate of the said Colony, and such Magistrate shall thereupon make out his warrant under his hand and seal for the recommitment of such convict to the prison or place of confinement from which he was released by virtue of the said licence, and such convict shall be so recommitted accordingly, and shall thereupon be remitted to his or her original sentence, and shall undergo the residue thereof as if no such licence had been granted.
5. A licence granted under this Ordinance may be in the form set forth in the schedule to this Ordinance annexed, and may be written, printed, or lithographed. If any holder of a licence granted in the form set forth in the said schedule is convicted, either by the verdict of a jury, or upon his own confession, of any offence, his licence shall be forthwith forfeited by virtue of such conviction.
6. If any holder of a licence granted in the form set forth in the said Schedule,-
(1.) Fails to produce his licence when required to do so by any Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace before whom he may be brought charged with any offence, or by any constable or officer of the Police in whose custody he may be, and also fails to make any reasonable excuse why he does not produce the same; or
(2.) Breaks any of the other conditions of his licence by an act that is not of itself punishable either upon information or upon summary conviction; He shall be deemed guilty of an offence punishable summa- rily by imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
7. Any Police officer may, without warrant, take into custody any holder of such a licence whom he may reasonably suspect of having committed any offence, or having broken any of the conditions of his licence, and may detain him in custody until he can be taken before a Magistrate, and dealt with according to law.
8. Where any licence granted in the form set forth in the said schedule is forfeited by a conviction of any indictable offence, or is revoked in pursuance of a summary conviction under this Ordinance or any other Ordinance
Short Title.
Governor may grant licences to be at large under sentencs of Penal Servitude. (16 & 17 Vie c. 99 & 9.)
Holder of licence not to
be imprisoned
by reason of his sentence. (18 & 17 Vic. c. 99 8. 10.)
If licence revoked, the convict may be apprehended and committed to prison. (16 & 17 Vic. c. 99 s. 11.)
Forfeiture
of licence. (27 & 28 Vio. č. 47 s. 4.)
Offences by holders of licence. (27 & 28 Vic. c. 47 8. 5.)
Apprehension
of holder of licence without
warrant. (27 & 18 Vic. c. 17 s. f.)
Effect of Forfeiture or revocation of Licence. (27 & 28 Vic. c. 47 s. 3.)
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