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Apprehension of person committing offence mentioned in 88. 3-6. Various other nuisances, principally in the nature of trespass or damage.
No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1845.
playing or making a noise without giving reasonable notice; or disobeys his employer's lawful and reasonable orders; or uses abusive or insulting language or behaviour to his employers; or is guilty of riotous and disorderly conduct;
(4.) neglects to affix to his house, and keep alight during the night, such lamp or lanthorn as may be required and approved of by the Superintendent of Police; or
(5.) keeps a house or other building for the occupation or resort of public prostitutes, to the annoyance of any person inhabiting or residing near thereto; or
(6.) assembles together with other persons in the night-time without lawful excuse; or, seeing any such illegal assemblage, or knowing or having reason to suspect that such assemblage has taken place or is about to take place, does not give immediate notice thereof to the nearest guard-house or Police Station or to some constable belonging to the Police Force; or,
(7.) being employed as a private guard or watchman, sleeps on his post, or is negligent, remiss, or cowardly in the execution of his duty; or
(8.) wantonly or cruelly mutilates or otherwise ill-uses any horse, mule, dog, or other animal.
7.--(1.) It shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody without warrant any person who has committed within view of such constable any offence mentioned in the last four preceding sections, or, if such offence has not been committed within view of such constable, then on the complaint of any person who has been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to, the commission of such offence.
(2.) In the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for any person so injured or annoyed, or who has seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he can be given into the custody of such constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate.
8. The offences next hereinafter specified shall be deemed to be nuisances within the meaning of all laws at any time in force within the Colony for the better repression of nuisances, save that the Court or Magistrate before whom any person is found guilty of any such offence, in lieu of all other punishment for the same, shall order him for every such offence to pay a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, that is to say, ---
(1.) the felling, cutting, destroying, or injuring of any standing or growing tree, shrub, or underwood, any grass-sod or turf, or any fence or portion thereof (except in any case where any such offence is committed with lawful authority);
(2.) ...
(3.) ...
(4.) ...
9. (thing without the sanction of commercial ...)
(2.) ... shed, of ...
10. ...
11. ... of the ... a penalty.
12. ... noises prescribed in-Council ...
(2.) ... a penalty; traveller, keeper, or man; or with ...
13.--- following calculated to disturb the quiet of the Town of ...
(2.) aforesaid; any office; stable or ... before a ...
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