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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1860.
How to be settled.
No Loans to Per- sons under Ten Years of Age.
Property of the Crown not to be taken in Pawn.
Hours of Business.
Jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Ses- sions.
Lender defined.
Fenalties.
3. Where the same, before the said Period is elapsed, have been by the Default, Neglect or Misfeasance of the Lenders, their Representatives or Servants, destroyed, damaged or impaired in Value (but not otherwise, except where Division Two of this Section is applicable.)
And in any of the said Cases the Court shall allow and award the full amount in Satisfaction of such Loss or Damage, to be settled and deducted or paid in Manner next hereinafter mentioned.
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XX. Where the Amount so allowed shall be less than the Amount due from the Borrower for Principal Monies and Interest, the same shall be deducted from the latter, and the said Borrower shall be charged with the Balance alone after making such Deduc- tion; and where the Amount so allowed shall exceed the Amount so due, the latter shall be in like manner deducted by the Amount so allowed, and the Borrower shall be en- titled to receive from the Lender or his Representatives the Balance alone, after making such last mentioned Deduction.
XXI. No person shall receive any Goods or Chattels in pawn from, or lent to, any one not being of the Age of Ten Years at the least.
Fines to be paid into Treasury.
Right of Appeal,
XXII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to receive in Pawn any Goods or Chattels having upon them Mark or Sign denoting them to be, or to have been, the Property of the Crown, or of any Public Department.
any
XXIII. No business shall be transacted at any of the said Places of business after Eight of the Clock in the Night, or before Six of the Clock in the Morning.
XXIV. All Adjudications and Certificates under this Ordinance, shall be sum- marily had and granted by the Court of Petty Sessions, and enforced according to the Laws for the time being in force, for regulating the said Court and its Practice.
Jurisdiction of the
XXV. Every Person purchasing, receiving, or taking in, any Goods or Chattels, and paying Money for, or advancing Money upon, the same, with or under any Under- taking, Agreement, or Condition, express, implied, or reasonably inferable, from the Na- ture or Character of the dealing, or the Usage in respect thereof, that the said Goods or Chattels in whole or part may be afterward redeemed or re-purchased upon any Terms soever, shall be deemed to be a Lender within the meaning of this Ordinance.
XXVI. For Violations of or Defaults in obedience to this Ordinance, there shall be imposed the Penalties following, that is to say:
1. For every Offence against Section Two, Section Four, Section Five, or Section Six, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars; and moreover, for a Third or any subsequent Offence against Section Five, or Section Six, the for- feiture of the Offender's said License.
2. For every Offence against either of the Sections, from Eight to Fourteen, both inclusive, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars, together with (if the Court shall so direct) the forfeiture of the said License.
3. For every Offence against Section Seventeen, the Penalty of Imprisonment with or without hard Labour for a Term not exceeding Two Years.
4. For every Offence against Section Eighteen, or Section Twenty-one, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, together with (if the Court shall so direct) the forfeiture of the said License.
5. For every Offence against Section Twenty-two, a Fine not exceeding Five Hundred current Dollars, and forfeiture of the said License.
6. For every Offence against Section Twenty-three, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars,
XXVII. All Fines received or leived under this Ordinance, shall be paid into the Treasury to the use of the Crown.
XXVIII. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of Appeal by Crown or Supreme Court, and Party, against any Adjudication, nor the General Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Laws relating to nor any of the Laws relating to Crimes or Offences.
Crimes, &c., not af-
fected.
No. 20.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that the Surveyor General has received orders to make immediate arran- gements for carrying into effect the conditions of the recent Sale of Land at Show-ke-wan; that is to say, with reference to the removal of Shops or other encroachments upon proposed lines of Streets, and the execution of such portions thereof, as are required to be made by the Government.
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