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Repeal.
ORDINANCES Nos. 8 AND 9 OF 1876.
Deportation and Conditional Pardons.
Public Gambling.
18. The following Ordinances and parts of Ordinances are hereby repealed:-
Ordinance 14 of 1845,-Section 2, sub-section 17, the words "shall beg," &c., &c.,
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&c., up to "alms or,"
9 of 1857, All sections not previously repealed.
8 of 1858,-Sections 21 and 23, and sub-section 9 of section 28.
1 of 1860,-The whole.
9 of 1867,-Section 17.
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4 of 1871,
5 of 1871, The whole.
4 of 1872,
Indemnity for fast nets.
Suspending clause.
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but such repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by any of the said Ordinances or sections of Ordinances, and shall not affect anything duly done before the passing of this Ordinance.
19. All acts done or attempted before the passing of this Ordinance, and which would have been lawful if so done or attempted after the passing thereof, are hereby authorised and made valid, and no man shall at any time hereafter be called in question for or in respect of the same.
20. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.
[Never confirmed, see C. O. D. No. 51, 18th May, 1877. Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881.]
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Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Word "Gambling" to include lotteries.
See Ord, 9 of 1867, sec. 21.
Penalty on person dealing in lotteries.
No. 9 of 1876.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Public Gambling.
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to public gambling: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the "Public Gambling Amendment Ordinance, 1876."
2. The word "Gambling" as used in this Ordinance shall apply to and include lotteries, as well as those known as Wai-sing, Pak-kop-piu, Tsz-fa, as all others.
3. Any person who shall keep any office, agency, or place for dealing in lotteries, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars on conviction thereof in a summary manner. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 27 of 1888, and new section substituted.]