PREVENTION OF CRIMES.
No. 4 of 1887.
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portion of his said term of imprisonment, unless the said shall, before the expiration of the said term, be convicted of some indictable offence within the Colony, in which case such licence will be immediately forfeited by law, or unless it shall please the Governor sooner to revoke or alter such licence.
This licence is given subject to the conditions indorsed upon the same, on the breach of any of which it will be liable to be revoked whether such breach is followed by a conviction or not.
And the Governor hereby orders that the said liberty be set at within 30 days from the date of this order.
Given under my hand and seal at Victoria, Hongkong, this day of 19.
By His Excellency's Command,
(Signed.) Colonial Secretary.
CONDITIONS.
1. The holder shall preserve his licence and produce it when called upon to do so by a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or police officer.
2. He shall abstain from any violation of the law.
3. He shall not habitually associate with notoriously bad characters, such as reputed thieves and prostitutes.
4. He shall not lead an idle and dissolute life without visible means of obtaining an honest livelihood.
5. If his licence is forfeited or revoked in consequence of a conviction for any offence, he will be liable to undergo a term of imprisonment with hard labour equal to the portion of his term of years which remained unexpired when his licence was granted, viz., the term of years.
No. 5 of 1887, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.
No. 6 of 1887.
To amend and consolidate the law relating to Jurors.
1. The Jury Ordinance, 1887.
[1st June, 1887.]
Short title.
2. In all civil and criminal trials and in all inquiries into the idiotcy, lunacy, or unsoundness of mind of any person, the jury, if any, shall, except where otherwise specially provided, consist of 7 men.
3. Every male person between the ages of 21 and 60 years, being of sound mind and not afflicted with deafness, blindness, or other disabilities.
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* As amended by No. 63 of 1911.