454 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1870.
Special Pass.
VI. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary, in his Discretion, upon the Application of any non-resident Chinese, to grant to the Applicant a Special Pass for such Period as he shall think fit. VII. Annual and Special Passes may be in the Form provided in that Behalf in the Schedule to this Ordinance or in such other Form and subject to such Conditions as may be from Time to Special Passes. Time prescribed by the Governor in Council.
Form and Conditions of Annual and
Annual or
Application for - VIII. Applications for Annual and Special Passes shall be made through the Registrar General, who shall cause a Book to be kept Special Passes. in his Office, in which the Names and Addresses of all Persons to whom Annual or Special Passes may be granted, shall be entered, together with such Particulars as he may think expedient to record.
Power to
IX. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary in his Discre- cancel Annual tion, to cancel and call in any Annual or Special Pass which shall or Special have been granted by him under this Ordinance.
Passes,
Annual and
X. No Annual or Special Pass granted by the Colonial Secretary Special Passes shall be transferable, and it shall not be lawful for any Chinese, other than the Person to whom such Pass shall have been granted, to use the same.
not transfer- able.
Quarterly Passes.
Register of Passes to be kept.
Number of
Passes to be issued.
Power to
Quarterly Passes.
XI. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Police to issue to any Applicant Passes for each Quarter of the current Year, and suoh Passes may be in the Form provided in that Behalf in the Schedule to this Ordinance, or in such other Form as may be from Time to Time prescribed by the Governor in Council.
XII. The Superintendent of Police shall cause a Register of Passes to be kept in his Office, in which the following Parti- culars shall be entered, that is to say :-
1. The Name and Address of every Person to whom Passes
have been issued by him.
2. The Number of Passes issued.
3. The Period for which the same were issued.
4. Any other Particulars which he may think expedient to
record.
XIII. No Applicant shall, without the Order of a Magistrate, be entitled to a greater Number of Passes than the Superintendent of Police shall deem reasonable.
XIV. The Superintendent of Police may, upon reasonable refuse Passes. Grounds, refuse to issue l'asses to any Applicant, without the
Order of a Magistrate.
Such Passes
XV. Passes issued by the Superintendent of Police may be transferable. lawfully used by any Chinese with the Authority of the Person to
whom the same shall have been issued.
Power to cancel such Passes.
Night without a Pass, &c.
XVI. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Police upon reasonable Grounds to cancel and call in any Pass issued by him: Provided always that every Person aggrieved by any such Čancel- lation of a Pass may apply for Redress to a Police Magistrate who may make such Order thereon as the Justice of the Case may require.
Penalties.
Penalty for XVII. Every Chinese who shall without reasonable Excuse, the being at large Proof of which shall lie upon him, be found at large between the during the Hour of Nine in the Evening and Sunrise, or between such Hours of the Night as may from Time to Time be specified in that Behalf by any Orders of the Governor in Council, without a valid Pass issued in Conformity with this Ordinance, or with a Pass which he shall not be lawfully authorized to use, shall be liable on Summary Conviction thereof before a Magistrate to a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars with or without Imprisonment with Hard Labor for any Period not exceeding Three Months.
Penalty for being found
XVIII. Every Chinese not being the lawful Holder of a Pass who shall without reasonable Excuse, the Proof of which shall lie upon carrying dead- him, carry any deadly Weapon whatever about him, whether by ly Weapons without a Pass.
Night or Day, shall be liable on Summary Conviction thereof, to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, or to Imprisonment with Hard Labor for any Period not exceeding Six Months, and such Weapon shall be forfeited to the Crown.
Forgery, &c., of Passes.
Having Pos- session of
XIX. Whosoever, with Intent to defraud, shall forge or alter any Pass, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any Pass, knowing the same to be forged or altered, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the Discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labor,
XX. Whosoever shall without reasonable Excuse, the Proof of which shall lie upon him, have in his Custody or Possession a Forged Pass. forged or counterfeit Pass, or a Pass which shall have been unlaw- fully altered, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeit or to have been so altered, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanour and on Conviction thereof, shall be liable at the Discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years with or