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Effect of licence.
16 & 17 Vict.
c. 99 s. 10.
Effect of revocation of licence. Ib. s. 11,
Form and forfeiture of licence.
No. 4.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
3. So long as the licence continues in force and unrevoked, the 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 the licence.
4.- (1.) Provided always that if it pleases 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it shall be lawful for him, by warrant under his hand and seal, to signify to a Magistrate that the licence has been revoked, and to require the Magistrate to issue his warrant under his hand and seal for the apprehension of the convict to whom the licence was granted, and the Magistrate shall issue his warrant accordingly, and the warrant shall and may be executed by the constable to whom the same is delivered for that purpose in any part of this Colony.
(2.) The convict, when apprehended under the warrant, shall be brought, as soon as he conveniently may be, before the Magistrate by whom the warrant has been issued or some other Magistrate of the Colony, and such Magistrate shall thereupon make out his warrant under his hand and seal for the recommitment of the convict to the prison or place of confinement from which he was released by virtue of the licence, and the convict shall be so recommitted accordingly, and shall thereupon be remitted to his original sentence, and shall undergo the residue thereof as if no such licence had been granted.
5.-(1.) A licence granted under this Ordinance may be in the form in the Schedule to this Ordinance, and may be written, printed, or lithographed.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 47 s. 4. Schedule.
Offences by holder of licence.
Ib. s. 5.
Apprehension
(2.) If any holder of a licence granted in the form in the said Schedule is convicted, either by the verdict of a jury or on his own confession, of any offence, his licence shall be forthwith forfeited by virtue of such conviction.
6. If any holder of a licence granted in the form in the said Schedule-
(1.) fails to produce his licence when required to do so by any Judge, Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace before whom he may be brought charged with any offence or by any constable or officer of Police in whose custody he may be, and also fails to make any reasonable excuse why he does not produce the same; or
(2.) breaks any of the other conditions of his licence by an act that is not of itself punishable either on indictment or on summary conviction,
he shall be deemed guilty of an offence punishable summarily by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
7. Any Police officer may, without warrant, take into custody any