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Warrants to search Houses and Shops
may be granted in certain Cases.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1867.
Power to the Governor
Inspector.
XII. On Information duly made before any Justice of the Peace by any Constable or credible Person that there is good reason to believe that any such tainted, noxious, adulterated or unwholesome liquor, meat, provisions, condiments, or other article of food, is exposed, or for sale, in any House or Shop in the said Colony, it shall be lawful for such Justice in his Discretion, to grant a Warrant to any Constable to enter and search any such House or Shop by day, and such Constable may, if necessary, break open the Doors of such House or Shop, and seize such liquor or provisions as aforesaid, and detain the same until the Owner thereof shall apper before any Justice, and if it shall appear to the said Justice that the said liquor or provisions are tainted, noxious, adulterated or unwholesome, he shall adjudge the same to be condemned and destroyed, but if otherwise they shall forthwith be restored to the proper Owner. And in case of a conviction, the said Justice shall have power to order the Offender to pay in addition to any Fine that may be imposed, the Costs which have been incurred in the execution of the said Warrant.
XIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint a duly qualified Medical to appoint a Medical Practitioner to be the Medical Inspector of the Colony, who shall perform such Duties connected with the sanitary state of the Colony as the Governor shall direct, and who shall receive such annual Salary as may be voted.
Overcrowded Lodging Houses.
Penalty on Persons refusing to permit their Houses to be inspected.
Penalty on Chinese LicensedSpiritDealers
XIV. Whenever the Colonial Surgeon, the Medical Inspector, or any Two resident Medical Practitioners, shall certify to any Justice of the Peace that any House, occupied by more than One family, is so overcrowded, or is in such a filthy and unwholesome state as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, it shall be lawful for the said Justice and he is hereby required to issue a Summons against the Householder or his Agent within the meaning of the "Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866," by Notice affixed to the House, to appear before the said Justice who shall thereupon make such Order as he may think fit; and in case any Order so made shall not be complied with by such Householder,-or Agent as aforesaid, within Seven Days from the making thereof, the said Justice may thereupon impose on the Person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said Order, a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars, and in default of payment the Person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said Order may be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Months.
XV. The said Medical Inspector shall have power at any reasonable time to enter any House in the Colony and to inspect the condition of the same: any Person refusing to permit the said Medical Inspector to enter and examine any such House shall on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a Fine not exceeding Ten Dollars and not less than Five Dollars, or in default of payment to be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Days.
XVI. Whenever the Holder of any License for the sale of Spirituous Liquors allowing the instal-granted under Ordinance No. 7 of 1858 shall permit any Instalment of his License Fee ments of their License to be in arrear and unpaid, he shall, on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Fees to be in arrear. Peace, be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars, and in default of payment, may be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Month.
Penalty on Persons knowingly
harboring Chinese
under Sentence of Deportation.
Gambling-Governor
Rules for Limitation and Control of.
XVII. Any Person who shall knowingly harbor or conceal, in the Colony of Hongkong, any Person 'under Sentence of Deportation, shall on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars or in default of payment, to be Imprisoned, with or without Hard Labor, for any Term not exceeding Six Months.
YXVIII. And whereas the Evils of Gambling in the Colony are found to be on the in Council to frame increase notwithstanding the application of the Penal Laws in force for their Prevention, and it is expedient to devise and adopt further measures for the gradual Control and ultimate Suppression thereof; Be it therefore enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to frame and pass such Rules, Regulations and Conditions as may be deemed expedient for the total Suppression or in the meanwhile for the better Limitation and Control of Gambling in this Colony, with Power from time to time to alter and amend such Rules and Regulations or repeal the same or any part thereof.
Penalty for violating
Council.
XIX. Any Person violating any of the Rules, Regulations or Conditions to be Rules of Governor in from time to time framed and passed by the Governor in Council and published in the Gazette in pursuance of this Ordinance, or any of the Conditions imposed thereunder for the better limitation and control of Gambling, shall be liable upon