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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH NOVEMBER, 1876.
Ordinance 1 of 1860,-The whole.
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9 of 1867,-Section XVII.
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4 of 1871,
5 of 1871, The whole. 4 of 1872,
Indemnity for past acts.
Suspending clause.
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but such repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by any of the said "Ordinances or sections of Ordinances, and shall not affect anything duly done before the passing of this Ordinance.
XVIII. All acts done or attempted before the passing of this Ordinance, and which would have been lawful if so done or attempted after the passing thereof, are hereby authorised and made valid, and no man shall at any time hereafter be called in question for or in respect of the same.
XIX. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.
Statement of Objects and Reasons.
The law on deportation and conditional pardons is at present contained in some seven Ordinances and parts of Ordinances, and this Ordinance proposes to collect them into one enactment, and thus prevent much trouble and confusion.
Ordinance 9 of 1857, "for the better securing the peace of the Colony," has become so mutilated from subsequent legislation, that only two useful sections remain in force. They are preserved here, and that Ordinance is now repealed.
Ordinance 4 of 1871, provides for the punishment and re- deportation of criminals who have returned to this Colony before the expiration of the term of their banishment, and it is now proposed to extend that power to the cases of criminals who return to the Colony in breach of conditional pardons.
Section XV proposes to place in the hands of the officer for the time being in command of the Police, the duty of making orders for the speedy transmission of lepers to Canton, instead of lock- ing them up and taking them before the Magistrates. Arrange- ments have been made with the Canton authorities for the reception of lepers, and cells will be constructed in the suburbs of this city for their temporary detention.
Hongkong, 28th October, 1876.
J. RUSSELL, Acting Attorney General.
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Word "Gam-
bling to in
clude lotteries.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Public Gumbling.
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HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the
Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Coun- cil thereof, as follows:-
I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the "Public Gambling Amendment Ordinance, 1876."
II. The word "Gambling," as used in this Ordinance, shall apply to and include lotteries as well as those known as Wai- [See Ord. 9 of Sing, Pak-kop-piu, Tsz-fa, as all others. 1867, sec. 21.] Penalty on III. Any person who shall, for gain or lucre, keep any house, person keeping room, or place, boat, vessel, or any place on land or water, for a public gam- public playing or gambling, or shall permit any person to play [See Ord. 14 of within such house, room, boat, vessel, or any place on land or 1844, sec. 1.] water as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars on conviction thereof in a summary manner.
bling house.
Penalty on persons haunt-
IV. Any person who shall use, haunt, or be found within such ing gambling house, room, boat, vessel, or any place on land or water as afore- houses. said, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars on conviction [Ibid. sec. 2.] thereof in a summary manner.
Person acting V. The person appearing, or acting as master,, or as having as master to be the care and management of any such house, room, or place as aforesaid, shall be taken to be the keeper thereof, and shall be [Ibid. sec. 3.] liable as such to the penalty aforesaid.
liable to pe-
nalty.
stable autho-
Justice of the VI. It shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace or Constable Peace or Con- of the Police, duly authorised by warrant of any Justice of the rised by war-
Peace, to enter, and if necessary to break into any house, room, rant to enter boat, vessel, or any place, either on land or water, within which into house, and such Justice of the Peace shall be credibly informed on oath, or seize imple- shall have reasonable grounds of his own knowledge to suspect and believe that public gaming or playing is or has been com- monly carried on, and to arrest all persons within such house,
ments of gam- ing, money, &c., which
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