ORDINANCE No. 19 of 1886.
Reformatory Schools.
term not exceeding three months; and at the expiration of such term he shall, by and at the expense of the managers of the school, be brought back to the school from which he escaped, there to be detained during a period equal to so much of his period of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his escaping.
18. Every person who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:
(1.) Knowingly assists directly or indirectly an offender detained in a certified reformatory school to escape from the school:
(2.) Directly or indirectly induces such an offender to escape from the school;
(3.) Knowingly harbours, conceals or prevents from returning to the school, or assists in harbouring, concealing, or preventing from returning to the school, any offender who has escaped from a certified reformatory school, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or at the discretion of the Magistrate to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour.
under Conditional pardons.
Penalty on persons assisting or inducing offenders to escape from certified reformatory schools, or harbouring offenders who have escaped. [29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 22.]
Governor to send offenders to schools on conditional pardon.
19. Where before or after the passing of this Ordinance a youthful offender has been sentenced to penal servitude, or imprisonment, and has been pardoned by the Governor on condition of his placing himself under the care of some charitable institution for the reception and reformation of youthful offenders, the Governor may direct him, if under the age of sixteen years, to be sent to a certified reformatory school, the managers of which consent to receive him for a period of not less than two years and not more than five years; and thereupon such offender shall be deemed to be subject to all the provisions of this Ordinance, as if he had been originally sentenced to detention in a certified reformatory school.
Evidence.
20. The following rules shall be enacted with respect to evidence under this Ordinance:-
(1.) The production of the Hongkong Government Gazette containing a notice of the grant or withdrawal of a certificate shall be conclusive evidence ... [29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 33.]
Rules respecting evidence under this Ordinance.