SOFT
QUI
DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 26.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST JULY, 1865.
HONGKONG.
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIE REGINE.
No. 10 of 1865.
By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
W. T. MERCER.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony against Offences relating to the Coin.
[14th June, 1865.]
Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony against Offences relating to the Coin: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
or
VOL. XI.
Title.
Preamble.
Current Gold and
Coin.
Copper Coin.
1. In the Interpretation of and for the Purposes of this Ordinance, the Expression Interpretation of "the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin" shall include any Gold or Silver Coin Terms. coined in any of Her Majesty's Mints, or lawfully current by virtue of any Proclamation Silver Coin. or otherwise in any Part of Her Majesty's Dominions, whether within this Colony or otherwise; And the Expression "the Queen's Copper Coin" shall include any Copper Coin and any Coin of Bronze or mixed Metal coined in any of Her Majesty's Mints, or lawfully current by virtue of any Proclamation or otherwise in any Part of Her Majesty's said Dominions; And the Expression "false or counterfeit Coin resembling False or counterfeit
apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin shall include any of the current Coin which shall have been gilt, silvered, washed, coloured, or cased over, or in any Manner altered, so as to resemble or be apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Coin of a higher Denomination; And the Expression "the Queen's current Coin" shall include any Coin coined in any of Her Majesty's Mints, or lawfully current by virtue of any Proclamation r otherwise in any Part of Her Majesty's said Dominions, and whether made of Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, or mixed Metal; And where the having any Matter in the Custody What shall be Pos-
Possession of any Person is mentioned in this Ordinance, it shall include not only the session. aving of it by himself in his personal Custody or Possession, but also the knowingly and wilfully having it in the actual Custody or Possession of any other Person, and also the knowingly and wilfully having it in any Dwelling House or other Building, Lodging, Apartment, Field, or other Place, open or inclosed, whether belonging to or occupied by inself or not, and whether such Matter shall be so had for his own Use or Benefit or for that of any other Person.
Current Coin.
2. Whosoever shall falsely make or counterfeit any Coin resembling or apparently Counterfeiting the tended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, shall Gold or Silver Coin.
guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three