692.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JUNE, 1887.
Number of strokes.
Whipping to
be inflictod with + rattan and number of strokes to be mentioned in sentence.
[No. 12 of 1965, and No. 3 of 1881, sec. 3.]
Present powers of Supreme Court not limited.
such person is tried may in addition to the punishment awarded for such crime direct that the offender if a male be once, twice or thrice privately whipped.
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3. In the case of any offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years the number of strokes at each such whipping shall not exceed twelve.
In the case of every other male offender convicted under this Ordinance the number of strokes shall not exceed thirty-six at each such whipping.
4. It shall not be lawful to award any sentence of whip- ping on the back, and every sentence of whipping shall prescribe the number of strokes and shall provide that such whipping shall be inflicted with a rattan on the breech, privately in prison and within six months of the sentence.
5. Provided that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be construed as limiting the powers now possessed by the Supreme Court to award whipping as an additional punishment for certain crimes.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 29th day of April, 1887.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 24th day of June, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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W. G. CAMERON.
Definitions.
Bye-laws by
Governar in Council.
No. 17 OF 1887.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter- Houses, and Markets Ordinance, 1887.
[20th June, 1887.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. In the construction of this Ordinance, the term City of Victoria means the City of Victoria bounded as fol- lows:-
On the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Pokfulam and Taitam Conduits, on the East by a straight line drawn from Whitfield Police Station to the mouth of the Taitam Tunnel, and on the West by Mount Davis.
Cattle means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, and buffaloes.
Animal means cattle, sheep, goats and swine.
Disease means any infectious, contagious or communi- cable disease of animals.
Market Building means any house, shop, stall, or other building in a Market.
PART I.
Importation of Cattle.
2. The Governor in Council may make and when made, vary, add to, or revoke bye-laws in respect of the following
matters:-
(1.) Prohibiting the importation or landing of cattle, sheep and swine otherwise than at such times and places, and subject to such conditions regarding inspection, marking, isolation, subsequent disposal, and payment of such inspection fees as may be prescribed by such bye-laws.
(2) Providing for the regular inspection of all places
where cattle, sheep and swine are kept.
(3.) The slaughtering or isolating and keeping under observation any animal that may appear to be or may be reasonably suspected ofbeing infected or of having been in contact or inthe same herd with animals affected with disease.