THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH NOVEMBER, 1870.
HONGKONG.
ANNO TRICESIMO QUARTO
VICTORIAE REGINE.
HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
No. 16 OF 1870.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the Trial and Punishment of Offend- ers, not being Subjects of China, to whom a Par- don has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and who may be found at large within the Colony, in Violation of the Condition of such Pardon.
[11th November, 1870.]
WHEREAS the Provisions of Ordinance fro; to of 1870
for the Trial and Punishment of Offenders, to whom a Pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and who may be found at large within the Colony in Violation of the Condition of such Pardon apply only to Subjects of China, and it is expedient to provide for the Trial and Punishment of similar Offenders, to whom the said Provisions do not apply: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Title.
Preamble.
Repeal.
I. Section II of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, is hereby repealed. II. If any Offender, to whom a Pardon shall have been granted Punishment under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, on Condition of his quitting the for Breach of Colony, be afterwards found at large therein, without lawful Cause Conditional and in Violation of such Condition, he shall, upon Conviction thereof before the Supreme Court, be liable in the Discretion of the Court to any Sentence not exceeding the whole of his original or commuted Sentence.
Pardou.
III. The Provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to Sub- Application of jects of China, but in Case any Question shall arise as to the Na-Ordinance. tionality of the Frisoner, the Burden of Proof shall lie
upon him.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th Day of November, 1870.
Burden of Proof,
L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
HONGKONG.
ANNO TRICESIMO QUARTO
VICTORIA Reginæ.
HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
No. 17 of 1870.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to empower the Governor in Council to reduce vary, and in certain cases to remit and refund the Amount of Fees payable for the Use of the Govern- ment of the Colony.
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[11th November, 1870.] HEREAS in certain Cases no Provision has been made for the Reduction and Variation of Fees payable to the Usa of the Government of the Colony, by the Provisions of the Ordi- nances imposing such Fees, and it is expedient to vest in the Governor in Council the Powers hereinafter mentioned: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Title.
Preamble.
I. This Ordinance may be eited as "The Crown Fees Ordi- Short Title. nance, 1870,"
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