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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH MARCH, 1875.
Punishment for offences.
Trial of offences.
Summary Convictions.
Punishment of whipping on second and subsequent convictions.
Form of information
and proceed- ings.
Title.
Preamble.
Personation
in order to obtain pro- perty to be felony. [37 & 38 Vie., cap. 36, § 1.]
Saving clause. [Ibid, § 2.]
Short title.
IX. Every person who shall be convicted of any offence against the provisions of this Ordinance shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labor.
X. All offences against this Ordinance, may be heard and de- termined summarily by two Magistrates sitting together, who shall constitute a Court for this purpose: Provided that if, at the close of the investigation, the accused shall apply for a trial by Jury, or the Magistrates shall be of opinion that the case ought to be so tried, they may commit the accused for trial at the Supreme Court. XI. The provisions of Section LXVI of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 shall apply to every summary conviction under this Ordinance.
XII. Whenever any person shall be convicted before the Supreme Court of any offence against the provisions of this Ordinance, if it shall be proved that the offender has been previously convicted either before the Supreme Court, or before two Magistrates sitting together, of an offence under the same or any other section of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Court, in its discretion, to direct that, in addition to the punishment hereinbefore prescribed, the offender, if a male, be once, twice, or thrice publicly or pri- vately whipped, subject to the provisions contained in section Ì of Ordinance No. 3 of 1868; and all the provisions of section XCIV of Ordinance No. 7 of 1865 relating to the form of information for a subsequent offence and proceedings thereon, shall apply to offences punishable under this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th Day of March, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER, Clerk of Councils.
HONGKONG.
ANNO TRICESIMO OCTAVO
VICTORIA REGINE.
JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, Administrator and Commander-in-Chief.
No. 3 OF 1875.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to render personation with intent to deprive any person of any property felony.
W1
March 18th, 1875.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to personation: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. If any person shall falsely and deceitfully personate any person, or the heir, executor, or administrator, wife, widow, next of kin, or relation of any person, with intent fraudulently to obtain any land, estate, chattel, money, valuable security, or property, he shall be guilty of felony, and upon conviction shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court by which he is convicted, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for any period not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labor, and with or without solitary confinement.
II. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent any person from being proceeded against and punished under any other Or- dinance, or at Common Law, in respect of an offence (if any) punishable as well under this Ordinance as under any other Ordinance, or at Common Law.
III. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The [Ibid, § 4.1 False Personation Ordinance, 1874."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th Day of March, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER, Clerk of Councils.
No. 45.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Annual Report of the Hongkong General Post Office for the Year 1874 is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.