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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1886.
These are to require and authorize you the said forthwith to arrest the said C.D. and to convey the said
to the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and these are to authorize you the said H. A. Superintendent of the said Gaol to receive the said C.D., and there safely to keep and imprison him (with or with- out hard labour) for the space of
or until the said fine be paid.
day of
Given under my hand this thousand Eight hundred and Eighty
in the year One
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Registrar General,
D.
IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
In the matter of Ordinance of 1886, and in the matter of a complaint against one
To A.B.
These are to require you the said A. B. to be and appear before me at my office situate in Queen's Road on
to give informa- tion in the matter of the above complaint respecting the treatment of one C.D. a female child.
And take notice that if you do not attend you are liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and in default of payment of the same to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding three months.
Dated this
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Registrar General.
Short Title. [34 & 35 V. c. 83, s. 4.]
Examination
of witnesses on oath.
[34 & 35 V. c. 83, § 1.]
False evidence [34 & 35 V. c.
3, s. 2.]
Declaration in lien of cath.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for enabling the Legislative Council. and any Committee thereof to compel the attend- ance of and to administer Oaths to Witnesses.
Be advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Legislative Council Witnesses Ordinance, 188
2. The Legislative Council of the Colony and any Com- mittee thereof may administer an oath to any witness ex- amined before such Council or Committee and for that purpose shall have all such and the like powers, rights, and privileges, as are now possessed or exerciseable by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or any Committee thereof, in respect of,—
(a.) The enforcing the attendance of witnesses, (b.) The punishing persons guilty of contempt. 3. Any person examined as aforesaid, who wilfully gives false evidence, shall be liable to the penalties of perjury. Where any witness to be examined under this Ordinance who, being a Christian, conscientiously objects to take an oath, he may make his solemn affirmation and declaration in the words following:—
"I, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare that the taking of any oath is according to my religious belief unlawful and I do also solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare, &c." Where any witness to be examined under this Ordinance is not a Christian, he may lieu of an oath make the following Declaration which shall be duly interpreted to every witness ignorant of the English language. I, A. B., do solemuly, sincerely, and truly declare that the evidence which I am about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.'
Any solemn affirmation and declaration or declaration alone as aforesaid shall be of the same force and effect and shall entail the same consequences as an oath taken in the usual form.
Any oath or affirmation and declaration or declaration alone as aforesaid may be administered by the presiding Member of the said Council or any Committee thereof.