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Warrant for detention of
ship.
Offences against religion.
Acts disturbing peace of China.
Deportation.
WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
43. Where the High Court issues a summons or warrant against any person on a charge of an offence committed on board of or in relation to any ship, other than a ship enjoying immunity from civil process, then, if it appears to the Court that the interests of public justice so require, the Court may issue a warrant or order for the detention of the ship, and may cause the ship to be detained accordingly, until the charge is heard and determined, and the order of the Court thereon is fully executed, or for such shorter time as the Court thinks fit; and the Court shall have power to make all such orders as appear to it necessary or proper for carrying this provision into effect.
44. If any person—
(i) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or observed within the said territories; or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary belonging to any religion established or observed within the said territories, or belonging to the ministers or professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion established or observed within the said territories, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observances, into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace,
he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof, liable to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, with or without hard labour, and with or without a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or to a fine alone not exceeding 500 dollars.
45. If any person--
(i) Does any act calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to excite enmity between British subjects, Chinese subjects, and foreign subjects, or any of them, or to excite opposition to the lawful authority of His Majesty within the said territories; or
(ii) Without His Majesty's authority levies war or takes part in any operation of war, or aids or abets any person in carrying on war, insurrection, or rebellion against the Emperor of China, or against any Government exercising authority in any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China,
he shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years, with or without hard labour, or to a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or to both imprisonment and fine.
46.-(1) Where a person has been convicted under the last preceding article, he shall in addition to the punishments therein mentioned, and without further proceedings, be liable to deportation; and the Court may