ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1865.
24 & 25 Vict.
See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Malicious Injuries to Property.
A.D. 1865.
[14th June, 1865.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Malicious Damage Ordinance, 1865.
Injuries by Fire to Buildings and Goods therein.
2. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of divine worship shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
3. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any dwelling house, any person being therein, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
4. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any house...
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(3.) No person shall be imprisoned under this section for not finding sureties for any period exceeding one year.
cases of conviction. c. 96 s. 120.
102.--(1.) Every offence under this Ordinance made punishable on summary conviction by a Police Magistrate shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the manner directed by any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to the jurisdiction of Magistrates and the practice and procedure before them in relation to offences punishable on summary conviction.
(2.) Every such Police Magistrate shall have and is hereby invested with full jurisdiction, power, and authority to deal with, inquire of, try, determine, and punish every offence under this Ordinance made punishable on summary conviction by a Police Magistrate.