THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.
ainst the Householder, within the meaning of the Registration Ordinance of 1866, such House, or if such Householder shall be absent from the Colony, against his accredited Agent, if any, 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 the said Householder, or his accredited 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.
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their Houses to be
XIII. The said Medical Inspector shall have power at any reasonable time to Penalty on persons enter any house in the Colony and to inspect the condition of the same; any person refusing to permit refusing to permit the said Medical Inspector to enter and examine any such House inspected. 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.
the instalments of
XIV. Whenever the holder of any License for the sale of Spirituous Liquors Penalty on Licensed shall permit any instalment of his License Fee to be in arrear and unpaid, he shall, on Spirit Dealers allowing conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, be liable to a Fine not exceeding their License Fees to Tv
Twenty-five Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars, and in default of payment, may be be in arrear. Imprisoned for any term not exceeding One Month.
deported, returning
XV. Whenever any Person who has been deported under the provisions of Penalty on Persons any Ordinance, shall return to the Colony of Hongkong before the expiration of who have been his sentence, without permission from His Excellency the Governor, it shall be lawful without permission for the Governor in Council to order him to be again deported for any period to be to the Colony. then fixed, and in addition to be previously Imprisoned for One Month with Hard Labor and to be branded and to be once or twice publicly or privately flogged, but in no case shall the number of strokes inflicted at one time exceed Thirty-six.
Harboring Chinese
XVI. Any person who shall knowingly Harbor or Conceal, in the Colony of Penalty on persons Hongkong, any such Chinese under sentence of Deportation, shall on conviction thereof knowingly before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars and not under sentence of less than Ten Dollars or in default of payment, to be Imprisoned, with or without Hard Deportation. Labor, for any terin not exceeding Six Months.
Gambling-Governor
Rules for limitation
XVII. And whereas the Evils of Gambling in the Colony are found to be on the increase notwithstanding the application of the Penal Laws in force for their Prevention, in Council to frame and it is expedient to devise and adopt further measures for the gradual control and and control of. 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.
XVIII. Any Person violating any of the Rules, Regulations or Conditions to be penalty for violating from time to time framed and passed by the Governor in Council in pursuance of this Rules of Governor in Ordinance, or any of the Conditions imposed thereunder for the better limitation and Council. control of Gambling, shall be liable upon summary conviction before a Magistrate of Police to a Penalty not exceeding Two hundred Dollars and not less than Twenty Dollars, and to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for any period not exceeding Six Calendar Months and not less than One Calendar Month.
and others.
XIX. It shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace or Constable, and also for Powers of Justices of any Person authorized thereto by the Governor to enter any House, Room, Vessel, the Peace, Constables Boat and Place, either on Land or Water within the limits of this Colony, and to arrest therein any Person violating or suspected of having within Twenty-four Hours previous to such arrest violated any such Rules, Regulations or Conditions as aforesaid and to seize all Instruments of Gaming, Tables, Dice and other Implements used in Gambling, and also all Monics and Securities for Money found on such Persons or in such House, Room, Boat, Vessel and Place aforesaid, and all such Implements of Gambling, Monies and Securities for Money if proved to the satisfaction of a Magistrate of Police to have been used or kept for purposes of Gambling shall be forfeited to the Crown; and all Persons convicted of violating the Rules, Regulations and Conditions aforesaid-shall in addition to the forfeitures specified in this Sectiou be liable to be fined in any Sum Inprisoned for any period named in the Rules to be framed by the Governor in Council under Section XVII.
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