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ORDINANCES Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 1862.
Exportation of Military Stores.
Jury Panel.
ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods or articles, respectively. And in case any such arms, ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods, or articles which shall have been so prohibited shall be exported from the said Colony or shall be carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited and shall vest in Her Majesty, and forthwith thereupon it shall be the duty of the Harbour Master of this Colony by warrant under his hand upon his own view, or upon an information made upon oath before any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony, to cause all such goods and articles so hereinbefore declared forfeited to be seized, and to detain the same to the use of Her Majesty and to be disposed of as His Excellency the Governor shall by order under his hand and seal direct. [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1884.]
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Harbour Master not to be liable for acts when adopted by the Governor.
2. The Harbour Master shall not be liable in damages or otherwise for any act done by him in pursuance of the obligation and duty imposed on him by this Ordinance, and in case His Excellency the Governor shall direct the disposition of any goods or article which shall have been seized by the said Harbour Master, such direction shall be conclusive evidence that the act done by the said Harbour Master is within the duty imposed on the said Harbour Master by this Ordinance.
No. 4 of 1862.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, and to increase the Jury Panel to Thirty.
[17th March, 1862.]
WHEREAS it is advisable by reason of the increase in the number of trials for criminal offences before the Supreme Court to enlarge the number of jurors to form a panel:-Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
7 The number of persons summoned to serve as jurors at each criminal sessions of the Supreme Court shall be thirty, and their names shall be drawn from the ballot box in the manner prescribed in section 6 of Ordinance 4 of 1851.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.]
Jury panel to consist of 30 names.