192
Current expenses
out of the Colonial
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1867.
LXIV. The Governor may from time to time order the payment out of the payable if ery Colonial Treasury of such Suins as inay be necessary for defraying the current expenses incident to the carrying out of this Ordinance which the General Fund to be forined for the purposes of this Ordinance may be insufficient to meet.
Treasury.
Power to Governor to appoint all Cficers.
Power to Governor in
Appointment of Officers, Bye-Laws, Regulations, &c.
LXV. The Governor shall from time to time appoint all Officers employed in carrying out the Provisions of this Ordinance and the Duties and Salaries of all such Officers shall be regulated from time to time by the Governor in Council.
LXVI. The Governor in Council may from time to time make such Regulations Council to make By- and Bye-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into Effect the Provisions of
this Ordinance and for the control of Licensed Brothels.
Laws,
By-Laws to take
effect Three Days after Publication in
Gazette.
Inquiry by Registrar
General shall not be in
desire of Woman.
LXVII. No such Regulations or Bye-Laws shall take effect until Three Days after the Publication thereof in the Hongkong Gazette, and a copy of the Gazette containing such Publication shall be conclusive Evidence of such Regulations or Bye-Laws.
Procedure.
LXVIII. The Room or Place in which any Proceeding under this Ordinance before open Court unless by the Registrar General or on appeal under Section IX shall take place, shall not unless the person accused or affected by such Proceeding so desires be deemed an open Court and unless such person otherwise desires the Registrar General or the Magistrates of Police may in their discretion order that no Person have access to or be or remain in that Room or Place without permission.
Every offence against
this Ordinance a Misdemeanor.
Forms in Schedule may be used.
Presumption in favor
of anthenticity of Signatures, &c.
Mode of Service.
Jimitation of Actions, &c.
LXIX. Every Person violating the Provisions of this Ordinance or of any Regu- lation or Bye-Law made in pursuance thereof shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and except where otherwise provided by this Ordinance or by any Regulations or Bye-Laws made as aforesaid shall be liable on Summary Conviction before the Registrar General to a Fine not exceeding $200 or to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for any Term not exceeding Six Months.
LXX. The Forms of Certificates, Orders and other Instruments given in the Schedule to this Ordinance or Forins to the like effect with such variations and additions as circumstances require may be used for the purposes therein indicated and according to the directions therein contained and Instruments in those forms shall (as regards the Fon thereof) be valid and sufficient.
LXXI. In any Proceeding under this Ordinance every Notice, Order, Certificate, Copy of Regulations, or other Instrument shall be presumed to have been duly signed by the P'erson and in the Character by whom and in which it purports to be signed until the contrary is shown.
LXXII. Every Notice, Order, or other Instrument by this Ordinance required to be served on a woman shall be served by Delivery thereof to some Person for her at her usual Place of abode or by Delivery thereof to her personally.
LXXIII. Any Action or Prosecution against any Person for anything done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of this Ordinance or of any Regulations cr Eve-Laws made in pursuance thereof shall be commenced within Three Months after the thing done and not otherwise.
Notice in writing of every such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the intended Defendant One Month at least before the commencement of the action.
In any such action the Defendant may plead generally that the Act complained of was done in pursuance or exccution or intended execution of this Ordinance or of any such Regulation or Bye-Law as aforesaid and give this Ordinance and such Regulation or Bye Law and the special matter in Evidence at any trial to be had thereupon.
The Plaintiff shall not recover if Tender of sufficient amends is made before action brought or if a sufficient Sum of Moncy is paid into Court after action brought by or on behalf of the Defendant.
If a Verdict passes for the Defendant or the Plaintiff becomes nonsuit or discon- tinnes the action after Issue joined or if on Demurrer or otherwise Judgment is given against the Plaintiff the Defendant shall recover his full Costs and shall have the like remedy for the same as any Defendant has by Law for Costs in cther Cases.
Though a Verdict is given for the Plaintiff he shall not have costs against the Defendant unless the Judge before whom the Trial is had certifies his approbation of the action.