THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1887.
seven years and not less than three years, or to be impri- soned for any term not exceeding two years with or with- out hard labour.
28. The following acts shall be deemed misdemea-
nours -
Opening or suffering or procuring to be opened, or de- taining or delaying, or procuring or suffering to be detained or delayed any correspondence with- out lawful authority or excuse; or wilfully deli- vering any correspondence to any person other than the person to whom the same ought to be delivered.
Fraudulently obtaining from any person employed by or under the Post Office, or fraudulently detaining or wilfully secreting, keeping, or detaining any letter bag, or any correspondence which ought to have been delivered to any person.
Fraudulently removing any postage stamp from any correspondence, or wilfully removing from any postage stamp any mark that has been made thereon at any Post Office, or knowingly using or putting off any postage stamp from which any such mark has been removed, making, knowingly uttering, dealing in, selling, knowingly using for any postal purpose, or having in possession with- out lawful excuse any fictitious postage stamp, not being a postage stamp issued under this Ordi- nance, or making, or having in possession without lawful excuse any die, plate, instrument or mate- rials for making any such fictitious postage stamp. Any such stamp, die, plate, instrument, or mate- rials found in the possession of any person in con- travention of this section may be seized and shall be forfeited.
Every person who is convicted of any misdemeanour mentioned in this section shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
29. The sections of the Larceny Ordinance (No. 7 of 1865) relating to receiving stolen goods, that is to say, sections 75 to 82 both inclusive, shall apply to felonies and misdemeanours committed under this Ordinance; and for that purpose, the expression this Ordinance, when used in the said sections, shall be taken to include the present Ordinance.
30. In any proceedings against any person for any offence committed against this Ordinance, in respect of any letter bag or correspondence, it shall be sufficient to allege such letter bag or correspondence to be the property of the Postmaster General without mentioning his name, and in any such proceedings against any person employed by or under the Post Office, it shall be sufficient to allege that such person was employed by or under the Post Office, without stating further the nature or particulars of his em- ployment.
31. All pecuniary penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a Magistrate, but proceedings for the recovery of such penal- ties shall be commenced within one year after the offence was committed.
32. Ordinances No. 12 of 1884 and No. 11 of 1885 are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done or commenced to be done thereunder.
33. This Ordinance shall take effect on a day to be pro- claimed by the Governor.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 21st day of January, 1887.
Opening cor- respondence and other mis- demeanours
Receiving stolen corres- pondence.
Allegations to be used in proceedings for offences.
Penalties may be recovered in
a summary way within one year.
Repeal.
Suspending clause.
:
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 15th day of February, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
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