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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JULY, 1865.
Hard Labour.
+
Solitary Confinement.
Summary Proceed-
Peace, in addition to any Punishment by this Ordinance authorized; Provided that Person shall be imprisoned under this Clause for not finding Suretics for
Period exceeding One Year.
any
36. Whenever Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labour, may be awarded for any Indictable Offence under this Ordinance, the Court may sentence the Offender to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, and in either Case th Sentence shall be carried out in accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, Section XV.
37.. Whenever Solitary Confinement may be awarded for any Offence under this Ordinance, the Court may direct the Offender to be kept in Solitary Confinement for any Portion or Portions of his Imprisonment, or of his Imprisonment with Hard Labour, not exceeding One Month at any One Time, and not exceeding Three Months in any One Year.
38. Every Offence hereby made punishable on Summary Conviction may be pro- Ordinance No. 10 of secuted in the Manner directed by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
ings may be under
1844.
Commencement of
Ordinance.
39. This Ordinance, or such Portion, or Portions thereof as to the Governor may seem fit, shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor; and such Portion or Portions of such Ordinance as shall not be included in such Proclamation shall be brought into Operation on a Day to be further fixed by another Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th Day of June, 1865.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
Title.
Preamble.
Section 4 of Ordi-
HONGKONG.
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINE.
No. 11 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 repeal certain Enactments which have been consolidated in several Ordinances relating to Criminal Offences.
[14th June, 1865.]
Whereas by virtue of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, divers Acts and Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Forty-three, are in Force in this Colony, notwithstanding the same have been repealed by the Imperial Parliament; and whereas by Six several Ordinances, relating respectively to Offences against the Person, Malicious Injuries to Property, Larceny, Forgery, Coining, and Accessories and Abettors, a large Portion of the Matter contained in the said Acts and Parts of Acts, as also in several local Enactments, has been consolidated and amended; and it is therefore expedient to limit the Operation of the Ordinances firstly hereinbefor mentioned, so as to exclude therefrom the Acts and Parts of Acts so repealed, and repeal the said local Enactments to the Extent specified in the Schedule hereto annexel. Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
I. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 nance No. 6 of 1845, 1846, shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be so construed as not ‹ nance No. 2 of 1846, include as of Force in this Colony any Acts or Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliame how to be construed. made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred
and Section 3 of Ordi.
Forty-three, and which are enumerated in the Schedule annexed to the Act of th Session of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapte ́ Ninety-five, and which said Acts or Parts of Acts are thereby repealed.