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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD APRIL, 1887.
Register and photograph- ing of orirai-
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Moreover every male holder of such licence shall, once in each month, report himself at such time as may be prescribed by the Officer in charge of the Station endorsed on his licence either to such Officer himself or, to such other person as the said Officer may direct.
If any holder of a licence who is at large in the Colony remains in any place for forty-eight hours without notifying the place of his residence at the Station endorsed on his warrant, or fails to comply with the requisitions of this section on the occasion of any change of residence, or with the requisitions of this section as to reporting himself once in each month, he shall in every such case, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Court or Magistrate before whom he is tried that he did his best to act in conformity with the law, be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance, and upon conviction thereof his licence may, in the discretion of the Court or Magistrate, be forfeited; or if the term of imprisonment with hard labour in respect of which his licence was granted has expired at the date of his convic- tion, it shall be lawful for the Court or Magistrate to sentence him to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding one year, or if the said term of impri- sonment with hard labour has not expired, but the remainder unexpired thereof is a lesser period than one year, then to sentence him to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, to commence at the expiration of the said term of imprison- ment with hard labour, for such a term as, together with the remainder unexpired of his said term of imprisonment with hard labour, will not exceed one year.
Register of Criminals.
12. The following enactments shall be made with a view to facilitate the identification of criminals :-
(1.) Registers of all persons convicted of crime in the Colony shall be kept in such form and containing such particulars as may from time to time be prescribed by the Governor :
(2.) The register shall be kept under the management of the Captain Superintendent of Police or such other person as the Governor may appoint: (3.) The Superintendent of Victoria Gaol shall make returns of the persons convicted of crime and coming within his custody; and such returns shall be in such form and contain such particulars as the Governor may require:
(4.) The Governor may make regulations as to the photographing of all prisoners convicted of crime · who may for the time being be confined in Victoria Gaol and may in such regulations prescribe the time or times at which and the manner and dress in which such prisoners are to be taken, and the number of photographs of each prisoner to be printed, and the persons to whom such photographs
are to be sent :
(5.) Any regulations made by the Governor as to the photographing of prisoners in any prison in the Colony shall be deemed to be regulations for the Government of that prison, and binding on all persous, in the same manner as if they were
contained in the Rules made under section 17 of Ordinance 18 of 1885.
(6.) Any prisoner refusing to obey any regulation made in pursuance of this section shall be deemed guilty of an offence against prison discipline within the meaning of section 16 of Ordinance 18 of 1885.
(7.) The Governor may from time to time modify,
repeal, or add to any regulations so made.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of April, 1887.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 19th day of April, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.