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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25тп AUGUST, 1866,
Where actual Offender cannot be found
Offender.
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the actual Offender, may be recovered from the Householder by action at law or by a summary warrant of distress to issue out of the Court by which such Fine shall have been imposed, and to be executed against the goods and chattels of such Householder without prejudice to the further power given by Section XIX for the recovery of such Fine. Provided always that the amount of every such Fine howsoever recovered from every such Householder or voluntarily paid by him may be recovered by such Householder from the Offender primarily liable for the same in an action for Money paid
to his use.
XVIII. Whenever any offence against any of the Provisions of the Ordinances Householder liable to specified in the last Section shall have been proved to have been committed by any be fined as if actual person resident in but not being the Householder within a District of Victoria and the actual Offender cannot be found or brought to trial, the Householder shall be liable to any Fine which might have been imposed upon him in case he had been the actual Offender. Provided always that the amount of every such Fine howsoever recovered from such Householder or voluntarily paid by him may be recovered by such Householder from the actual Offender in an action for Money paid to his use.
Power to recover Fine out of Rents and Profits of Houses.
Mods of Service of Summons where personal Service
cannot be effected.
When several Householders.
Register of Servants employed at the
commencement of this Ordinance.
Servants entering Service after the
commencement of this Ordinance.
Certificate of
Registration for Servants.
XIX. In the event of any Householder failing to pay any Fine imposed upon or made recoverable from him under this Ordinance within Ten Days from the date of Judgment, it shall be lawful for the Court imposing the Fine by Warrant to direct and authorize a proper Officer to take and receive the rent or rents payable to such House- holder or any Mortgagee in possession in respect of any portions of such House until such Fine and the expenses of recovering the same shall have been satisfied, and the receipt of such Officer for any such rent or rents shall be a good discharge to the person paying the same as against such Householder and all other Persons whomsoever, and any
balance remaining of any such rent or rents, after satisfying the said Fine and the expenses of recovering the same, shall be returned to such Householder or Mortgagee in possession as the case may be.
XX. In every case where personal Service of a Magistrate's Summons against any Householder for any offence under this Ordinance cannot be effected, it shall be sufficient Service to affix One Copy thereof outside the House in respect of which such offence shall be charged, and to leave another Copy thereof at the Registered address of such Householder, and in case such Householder shall not appear according to the exigency of such Summons, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to investigate the charge against such Householder in his absence and to deal with the same in every respect as if such Householder were present.
XXI. Whenever there shall be several Persons "Householders" within the meaning of this Ordinance in respect of the same Building or Tenement by reason of being Tenants in common or joint Tenants, they shall each be equally liable to the Provisions of this Ordinance, until the same shall have been complied with by one of them.
XXII. A Register of Servants shall be kept at the Registrar General's Office, and every Person who shall, at the commencement of this Ordinance, be employed as a Servant shall within Thirty Days next thereafter appear personally at the Regis trar General's Office and furnish the following particulars to be entered in such Register:-
1st. Name:
2nd. Age.
3rd. Particular capacity in which employed.
4th. Name and address of Employer.
5th. Place of Native Domicile, and such other particulars as may from time to time be required of him.
XXIII. Every Person who shall hereafter desire to engage himself as a Servant shall previously appear personally at the Registrar General's Office and furnish the particulars mentioned or referred to in Section XXII.
XXIV. Every Servant employed at the commencement of this Ordinance shall, upon complying with the Provisions of Section XXII, and every Person desiring there after to be employed as a Servant shall, upon complying with the Provisions of the last Section, be entitled to receive from the Registrar General a numbered Certificate of Registration in the form given in the First Schedule hereto or such other form as may be approved by the Governor in Council, and there shall be first endorsed from time to time upon such Certificate the names of all Persons by whom the holder thercoi shall be employed as a Servant.