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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH JUNE, 1885.
No. 36.
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VOL. XXXI.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 259.
簿一十三第
It is hereby notified that His Excellency Major-General WILLIAM GORDON CAMERON, C.B., the Senior Military Officer, bas this day, in accordance with the provisions of the Queen's Commission, dated the 7th of March, 1884, taken the customary Oaths, as Officer Administering the Government, during the temporary absence on vacation leave of His Excellency the Governor.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 24th June, 1885.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 260.
The subjoined amended Quarantine Regulations are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Sceretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th June, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART.
Acting Coloniaí Secretary.
ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1883.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1879, Amendment Ordinance, 1883.
[20th July, 1883.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,
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as follows:-
1. Ordinauen 8 of 1879 is hereby amended by striking out the words of Section 25 and substi- tuting in place thereof the words :—
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"The Governor in Council may from time to time make, and when made, revoke, add to, or alter "such regulations as the Governor in Council may deem necessary for maintaining and enforcing an effectual quarantine in the ports and waters of the Colony, and for the setting apart of suitable * places in available situations for Quarantine Stations, and providing for the detention and seclusion
in such places of persons arriving on board vessels subjected to quarantine.”
Any person offending against any such regulations shall be liable on summary conviction before Police Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment with or without bard labour for any term not exceeding 12 months, or at the discretion of the Police Magistrate to both penalty and imprisonment, and the Captain Superintendent of Police and any officers that he may appoint for the purpose of enforcing quarantine, shall have the same powers to prevent the commis- sion of breaches of such regulations, and to arrest, recapture, or detain offenders against them as may be used by any person for the prevention of any felony, or the arrest, recapture, or detention of a
"felon."
2. Ordinance 16 of 1882 is hereby repealed, provided that such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance, or anything done or suffered thereunder, or any liability or punishment in respeel thereof.
See. 25 of Ordinance
S of 1879 amended.
Governor in Council may make Quaran- tine Regulations.
Penalty for breach of Quarantine Regu lations and powers of Police to arrest,
Ace.
Repeal.