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THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1889.
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Houses of a depth of 50 feet or less shall have 10 foot yards.
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Do. do. from 50 to 60 feet do. 11 do.
Do. do. from 60 to 70 feet do. 12 do.
Do. do. from 70 to 80 feet do. 13 do.
Do. do. from 80 to 90 feet do. 14 do.
Do. do. from 90 to 100 feet. do. 15 do.
and no private lane on which any such buildings shall front shall be of a less width than 15 feet.
IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.
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ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1889.
A.D. 1889. AN ORDINANCE to amend the Law relating to the Extradition of Chinese Criminals.
Ordinance No. 26 of 1889, with Ordinance No. 23 of 1897 incorporated.
Act XXI
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Short title.
Interpreta-tion of terms.
First Schedule.
[9th November, 1889.]
WHEREAS by Article XXI of the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China done at Tientsin on the 26th day of June, 1858, it was agreed and concluded that if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong or on board the British ships there they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for, and, on proof of their guilt, be delivered up; and whereas it is expedient to amend the law for the more effective carrying out of the said treaty in relation to the surrender of criminals, subjects of China, who take refuge in Hongkong or on board the British ships there;
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 1889.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,---
'Extradition crime' means a crime which, if committed in the Colony, would be one of the crimes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Ordinance:
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· Fugitive criminal means any subject of China accused of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of China or on board a Chinese ship on the high seas, who is or is suspected of being in Hongkong or on board a British ship there :
The crimes mentioned in the said Schedule shall be construed according to the law in force in the Colony at the date of the alleged crime.
5. Evidence of apprehension, whether committed...
6. Warrant is in or some official under his hand has been made the fugitive...
7. A Magistrate for the ap...