THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH MAY, 1865.
House, or other Place of Divine Worship,--or any House, Stable, Coach-house, Out- use, Warehouse, Godown, Office, Shop, Store, Mill, Store House, Granary, Hovel, ed, or Fold, or any Building or Erection used in farming Land, or in carrying on the siness of any Plantation or any Trade or Manufacture or any Branch thereof,--or Building other than such as are in this Section before mentioned, belonging to the queen, or to the Colony, or devoted or dedicated to Public Use or Ornament, or erected maintained by Public Subscription or Contribution, or any Machinery, whether axed or moveable, prepared for or employed in the Business of any l'lantation or in any Manufacture or in any Branch thereof, every such Offender 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 Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be im- risoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
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&c.
Rioters
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injuring
12. If any Persons, riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the Dis- turbance of the Public l'eace, shall unlawfully and with Force injure or damage any such Building, Machinery, Church, Chapel, Meeting House, Place of Divine Worship,--House, Stable, Coach-house, Out-house, Warehouse, Godown, Office, Shop, Store, Mill, Store House, Granary, Hovel, Shed, Fold, Building, Erection or Machinery, as is in the last preceding Section men- tioned, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven Years and not less than Three Years,-or to be im- prisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour: Pro- vided that if upon the Trial of any Person for any Felony in the last preceding Section mentioned, the Jury shall not be satisfied that such Person is guilty thereof, but shall he satisfied that he is guilty of any Offence in this Section mentioned, then the Jury may find him guilty thereof, and he may be punished accordingly.
Injuries to Buildings by Tenants :--
&c., maliciously in-
13. Whosoever, being possessed of any Dwelling House or other Building, or Part Tenants of Houses, of any Dwelling House or other Building, held for any Term of Years or other less juring them. Term, or at Will, or held over after the Termination of any Tenancy, shall unlawfully' and maliciously pull down or demolish, or begin to pull down or demolish, the same or any Part thereof, or shall unlawfully and maliciously pull down or sever from the Freehold any Fixture being fixed in or to such Dwelling House or Building, or Part of such Dwelling House or Building, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being con- victed thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Eighteen Months, with or without Hard Labour.
Injuries to Machinery, &c.:-
nery, &c.
14. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, or destroy, or damage Destroying Machi- with Intent to destroy or to render useless, any Machine or Engine, whether fixed or moveable, used or intended to be used in any Manufacture whatsoever, shall be guilty Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to e kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven 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.
Injuries to Crops, Trees, and vegetable Productions:----
Setting Fire to
15. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any Field or Piece or Crop of Grass, Rice, Grain, or Pulse or of any cultivated vegetable Produce, whether Crops, &c. standing or cut down, or to any Part of any Wood, Coppice, or Plantation of Trees to any Heath, Gorse, Furze, or Fern, wheresoever the same may be growing, shall guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitde for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years, and t less than Three Years,--or to be inprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, th or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and if a Male Ender the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.
Setting Fire to
16. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any Heap or Stack of on, Rice, Grain, Pulse, Tares, Hay, Straw, or of any cultivated vegetable Produce Stacks, &c.
o any Heap or Stack of Coals, or Wood, or to any other substance used for Fuel, all be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion