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ORDINANCES No. 17 OF 1870 AND No. 1 OF 1871.
Crown Fees.
Supreme Court—Summary Jurisdiction.
Order by the Administrator in Council, the 24th of July, 1875, under the provisions of section 2 of Ordinance No. 17 of 1870. [Gazette 21st July, 1875.]
The fee for a passport issued under the hand of the Governor shall, until further notice, be two dollars.
Regulations by the Governor in Council under the Spirit Licences Ordinance, 21 of 1886, and under the Crown Fees Ordinance, 17 of 1870, the 23rd July, and gazetted 24th July, 1886.
1. Intoxicating liquors bottled in the Colony may be sold under a wholesale licence, although the bottles are not contained in cases, provided not less than twelve-quart bottles or twenty-four pint bottles of any one liquor are sold at one time.
2. Whenever no special provision has been made in the Spirit Licences Ordinance, 1886, for the transfer of any licence, such licence may be transferred by the endorsement of the officer who issued it, or by the issue of a fresh licence by him.
3. The fee of $10 for each licence for an eating-house imposed by section 31 of the above-named Ordinance is hereby remitted in the case of eating-houses for Chinese customers only.
No. 1 of 1871.
Title
Preamble.
Interpretation clause.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 7 of 1862, and to provide for the Summary Trial of Cases in the Supreme Court.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend Ordinance No. 7 of 1862 and to provide for the summary trial of cases in the Supreme Court: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. The following terms and expressions shall be understood as hereinafter defined or explained, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such definition or explanation; that is to say:
The expression "Principal Ordinance" shall mean Ordinance No. 7 of 1862. The terms "Court" and "Judge" shall mean respectively the Court of Summary Jurisdiction and the Judge thereof.
The expression "Sum in Dispute" shall, in proceedings under section 12 of the principal Ordinance, mean the annual value of the premises, and in other proceedings, shall mean the sum sought to be recovered.