REGULATION OF CHINESE.
No. 3 of 1888.
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45. The forms of all passes issued under this Ordinance shall, until the same are altered by the Governor-in-Council, be those set forth in the 2nd schedule.
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46. Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges or alters any pass, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any pass, knowing the same to be forged or altered, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
47. Every person who, without reasonable excuse, has in his custody or possession a forged or counterfeit pass or a pass which has been unlawfully altered, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeit or to have been so altered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
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48. Every person who steals, or for any unlawful purpose takes from its place of deposit for the time being or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, any pass issued under this Ordinance, or without reasonable excuse receives such pass, knowing the same to have been feloniously stolen or taken for any unlawful purpose as aforesaid, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
49. Refusal or neglect, without reasonable excuse, to return on demand any pass which has been cancelled and called in shall be an offence against this Ordinance.
PART VII.
PLACARDS AND MEETINGS.
50.--(1) No person shall post up or exhibit, or cause to be posted up or exhibited, in or near any street, any public notice or proclamation in the Chinese language without the permission of the Registrar General.
(2) The Registrar General may refuse such permission whenever he considers that the publication of such notice or proclamation would be prejudicial to peace or good order: Provided that this section shall not apply to Government notices.
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
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