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If any Person offer
Sale, the Goods may be seized.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MAY, 1865.
and the Offender shall, on Conviction of such Offence before the Magistrate, at the Discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Six Months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the Goods, Merchandise, or Articles, such Sum of Money not exceeding One Hundred Dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.
53. If any Person shall offer or expose for Sale any Goods, Merchandise, or Articles ship-wrecked Goods for whatsoever, which shall have been unlawfully taken, or shall be reasonably suspected so to have been taken, from any Ship or Vessel in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, in every such Case any Person to whom the same shall be offered for Sale, or any Officer of the Customs, or Peace Officer, may lawfully seize the same, and shall with all convenient Speed carry the same, or give Notice of such Seizure, to a Police Magistrate; and if the Person who shall have offered or exposed the same for Sale, being summoned by such Magistrate, shall not appear and satisfy the Magistrate that he came lawfully by such Goods, Merchandise, or Articles, then the same shall, by Order of the Magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the Use of the rightful Owner thereof, upon Payment of a reasonable Reward (to be ascertained by the Magistrate) to the Person who seized the same; and the Offender shall, on Conviction of such Offence by the Magistrate, at the Discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Six Months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the Goods, Merchandise, or Articles, such Sum of Money not exceeding One Hundred Dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.
Larceny by Clerks or Servants.
Embezzlement by Clerks or Servants.
Larceny by Persons in the Queen's Service or by the Police.
Embezzlement by
Service, or by the Police.
As to Larceny or Embezzlement by Clerks, Servants, or Persons in the Public Service.
54. Whosoever, being a Clerk or Servant, or being employed for the Purpose or in the Capacity of a Clerk or Servant, shall steal any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security belonging to or in the Possession or Power of his Master or Employer, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.
55. Whosoever, being a Clerk or Servant, or being employed for the Purpose or in the Capacity of a Clerk or Servant, shall fraudulently embezzle any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, which shall be delivered to or received or taken into possession by him for or in the Name or on the Account of his Master or Employer, or any Part thereof, shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his Master or Employer, although such Chattel, Money, or Security was not received into the Possession of such Master or Employer otherwise than by the actual Possession of his Clerk, Servant, or other Person so employed, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.
56. Whosoever being employed in the Public Service of Her Majesty in this Colo- ny, or being a Constable or other Person employed in the Police Force, shall steal any Chattel, Money or valuable Security belonging to or in the Possession or Power of Her Majesty, or intrusted to or received or taken into Possession by him by virtue of his Employment, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years and not less than Three Years,--or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
57. Whosoever, being employed in the Public Service of Her Majesty in this Co- Persons in the Queen's lony, or being a Constable or other Person employed in the Police Force, and intrusted by virtue of such Employment witht he Receipt, Čustody, Management or Control of any Chattel, Money or valuable Security, shall embezzle any Chattel, Money or valuable Se curity which shall be intrusted to or received or taken into Possession by him by virtue of his Employment, or any Part thereof, or in any Manner fraudulently apply or dispose of the same or any Part thereof to his own Use or Benefit, or for any Purpose whatsoever ex-
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