ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1887.
Prevention of Crimes.
No. 11 of 1887.
An Ordinance for the more effectual Prevention of Crime.
[19th April, 1887.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Prevention of Crimes Ordinance, 1887.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by an order in writing under his hand and seal, to grant to any convict now under sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, or who may hereafter be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour a licence to be at large in this Colony, or in such part thereof as in such licence shall be expressed, during such portion of his or her term of imprisonment, and upon such conditions in all respects as to the said Governor shall seem fit; and it shall be lawful for the said Governor to revoke or alter such licence by a like order at his pleasure.
3. So long as such licence shall continue in force and unrevoked, such convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned by reason of his sentence, but shall be allowed to go and remain at large according to the terms of such licence.
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Short title.
Governor may grant licences to be at large under sentence of hard labour.
[16 & 17 Vic. c. 99, s. 9.]
Holder of licence not to be imprisoned by reason of his sentence.
[16 & 17 Vic. c. 99, s. 10.]
If licence revoked, the convict may be apprehended and committed to prison.
4. Provided always, that if it shall please the Governor to revoke any such licence as aforesaid it shall be lawful for him, by warrant under his hand and seal, to signify to a Magistrate that such licence has been revoked, and to require such Magistrate to issue his warrant under his hand and seal for the apprehension of the convict to whom such licence was granted, and such Magistrate shall issue his warrant accordingly, and such warrant shall and may be executed by the constable to whom the same shall be delivered for that purpose in any part of this Colony; and such convict when apprehended under such warrant shall be brought, as soon as he conveniently may be, before the Magistrate by whom the said warrant shall have been issued, or some other Magistrate of the said Colony, and such Magistrate shall thereupon make out his warrant under his hand and seal for the recommitment of such convict to the prison or place of confinement from which he was released by virtue of the said licence.