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No. 3.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1890.
and thereupon, having considered the matter of the said complaint, it was ordered that the defendant should [as in the order]; and it was adjudged that if, upon a copy of the minute of that order being duly served on the defendant, either personally or by leaving the same for him at his last or most usual place of abode, he should refuse or neglect to obey the same, in such case the defendant for such his disobedience should be imprisoned in the said Gaol [and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
unless the said order should be sooner obeyed; and it having been now proved to me that, after the making of the said order, a copy of the minute thereof was duly served on the defendant, but he then refused [or neglected] to obey the same, and has not as yet obeyed the same: These are, therefore, to command you, the said Constables, to take the defendant and convey him to the said Gaol, and there to deliver him to the said Superintendent, together with this warrant; and you, the said Superintendent, to receive the defendant into your custody in the said Gaol and there to imprison him [and keep him to hard labour] for the space of
and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Dated this
[L.S.]
day of
(Signed.)
Magistrate.
FORM No. 57.
Warrant of Commitment for Want of Distress in either of the
HONGKONG.
Cases mentioned in Forms Nos. 41 and 42.
IN THE POLICE COURT AT
To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony and to the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol in the said Colony.
[Recite the conviction or order and then proceed thus]: and whereas afterwards, on the day of, a warrant of distress was issued against the defendant in pursuance of the said conviction [or order] and it having been made to appear to me, as well by the return to the said warrant of distress as otherwise, that diligent search for the defendant's goods and chattels has been made, but that no sufficient distress whereon to levy the sum above mentioned could be found: These are, therefore, to command you, the said Constables, to take the defendant and convey him to the said Gaol, and there to deliver him to the said Superintendent, together with this warrant; and you, the said Superintendent, to receive the defendant into your custody in the said Gaol and there to imprison him [and keep him to hard labour,] for the space of
unless the said