ORDINANCES No. 6 OF 1855 AND No. 1 OF 1856.

Common Law Procedure.

Neutrality.

C.

Form of Writ of Revivor.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, &c., to E. F. of greeting:

We command you, that within eight days after the service of this writ upon you, inclusive of the day of such service, you appear in the Supreme Court of Hongkong to shew cause why A. B. (or C. D. as executor of the last will and testament of the said A. B. deceased, or as the case may be) should not have execution against you (if against a representative, here state such capacity, as the case may be) of a judgment whereby the said A. B. (or as the case may be) on the day of in the said Court recovered against you (or as the case may be) and take notice that in default of your so doing, the said A. B. (or as the case may be) may proceed to execution.

Witness, &c.

No. 1 of 1856.

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An Ordinance to continue in operation Ordinance No. 1 of 1855, "to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing in China."

[2nd January, 1856.]

WHEREAS it is necessary for the public good that the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1855, entitled "An Ordinance to enforce neutrality during the contest now existing in China," be renewed and kept in operation beyond the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six:

1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that all provisions contained in the said Ordinance No. 1 of 1855 shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, be, and are hereby re-enacted; and that the same shall be, and are hereby to continue in force until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

Title.

Provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1855 re-enacted, and to continue in force until the 1st January, 1857.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]

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