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THE HONGKONG
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No. 29.
號九十二第
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JUNE, 1887.
VOL. XXXIII.
日五初月五年亥丁 日五十二月六年七十八百八千一 簿三十三第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 259.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 16 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, empowering the Courts to award Whipping as a further punishment for certain Crimes. Ordinance No. 17 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled "The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses, and Markets Ordinance, 1887.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary, s Office, Hongkong, 25th June, 1887.
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W. G. CAMERON.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 16 OF 1887.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, empowering the Courts to award Whipping as a further punishment for certain Crimes.
BE
[24th June, 1887.] ·
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
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1. If any person shall be convicted of a crime who at the time of the Commission thereof shall have been armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or
If any person shall be convicted
(a.) of any felony not punishable with death, com- mitted after two previous convictions for felony, and the sentence for each of which has been at least six months' imprisonment with hard labour,
or
(b) of any crime under Sections 32, 33, 34, 35 and
36 of Ordinance 7 of 1865, or
(c.) of Piracy, or
(d.) of indecent assault,
the Supreme Court may in addition to the punishments awarded for such crimes direct that the offender if a male be once, twice or thrice privately whipped.
2. If any person shall be convicted under Section 27 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1865 of stealing any chattel money or valuable security from the person of any child or woman without violence, the Court or Magistrate before which
Power to award punish- ment of whipping in cases hereiu named. [No. 12 of 1865.]
7 & 8 Geo. IV, Ch. 28, sec, 2.
Offences
against Ord. 7 of 1865, s. 27, to be punished by whipping.