ORDINANCES Nos. 8 AND 9 OF 1865.
Malicious Injuries to Property.
Neutrality.
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think fit, in addition to or in lieu of any of the punishments by this Ordinance authorized, fine the offender, and require him to enter into his own recognizances, and to find sureties, both or either, for keeping the peace and being of good behaviour; and in case of any felony punishable under this Ordinance, the Court may, if it shall think fit, require the offender to enter into his own recognizances, and to find sureties, both or either, for keeping the peace, in addition to any punishment by this Ordinance authorized: Provided that no person shall be imprisoned under this clause for not finding sureties for any period exceeding one year.
conviction or warrant to be quashed for want of form.
62. No summary conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form, nor be removed by certiorari; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same.
Procedure in cases of conviction.
63. Every offence under this Ordinance made punishable on summary conviction by a Police Magistrate, shall be prosecuted, tried, summary and determined in the manner directed by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, and every such Magistrate shall have, and is hereby invested with, full jurisdiction, power, and authority, to deal with, enquire of, try, determine, and punish, every offence under this Ordinance made punishable on summary conviction by a Police Magistrate.
64. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the fourteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Commencement of Ordinance.
No. 9 of 1865.
An Ordinance to give Effect to Her Majesty's Regulations for the Observance of Neutrality during the existing Hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America.
WHEREAS Her Majesty has expressed her full determination to observe the duties of neutrality during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America and has resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of Her Majesty's harbours, ports and coasts and the waters
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