ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1849.
Petty Sessions Court.
Insolvent Debtor.
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has or shall become forfeited, or any of the conditions thereof broken, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Court of Petty Sessions to summon the person bound by the said recognizance or bond before it, and on satisfactory proof of such forfeiture or breach of condition, to order the said recognizance to be estreated, and to direct its precept to the sheriff of the said Colony to levy the amount or penalty of the said recognizance from off the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the defaulter; and in case the said sheriff shall make his return to the said precept, that such defaulter has not sufficient goods or chattels, lands or tenements, to satisfy the exigency of the said precept, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Court of Petty Sessions to order and direct that such defaulting party be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months.
16. And be it further enacted and ordained that in the construction of this Ordinance, unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto, any word denoting the singular number and male sex, shall be taken to extend to any number of persons and things, and to both sexes.
17. And be it further enacted and ordained, that this Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect from and after the first day of March next ensuing.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1862.]
Interpretation clause.
Ordinance to take effect from 1st March, 1849.
No. 2 of 1849.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 3 of 1846, entitled "An Ordinance for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors within the Colony of Hong-kong."
[15th March, 1849.]
WHEREAS it has been found desirable to enable the Supreme Court to carry into execution the provisions of the said last mentioned Ordinance, as well during the vacations of the Court as at the stated periods of its sitting:
Be it therefore enacted and ordained, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance it shall and may be lawful to and for the Chief Justice of the said Supreme Court, when it shall appear to him expedient so to do, to make any order or decree, and do all other acts, which he is empowered to make or do under the said Ordinance No. 3 of 1846, in chambers, and upon any days or time out of the terms or stated sittings of the said Court.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1864.]
Title.
Preamble.
Power of the Chief Justice to act under Ordinance No. 3 of 1846 out of term or in chambers.