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ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1845.
Salt and Opium.
Supreme Court.
Official fees to be levied.
auctioneer shall at all times be liable to inspection by any person or persons duly authorized by the Governor: And it is hereby declared, that any such auctioneer failing duly to comply with the provisions of this section shall be considered to have forfeited his licence, and such licence shall be absolutely void by such neglect or default.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the following official fees, as set forth in the annexed table, shall be levied and made payable from and after the passing of this Ordinance—all fees so levied to be paid into the Colonial Treasury. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1888.]
TABLE OF FEES.
1. For granting a marriage licence, $5.
2. For the signature of the Governor, $5.
3. For the signature of the Colonial Secretary, $2.
[So much as relates in this Ordinance to smoking divans, opium, &c. repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858: the whole Ordinance repealed by Ordinance No. 21 of 1887, except section 11.]
No. 6 of 1845.
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance No. 15 of 1844 repealed.
Former Court at Hongkong abolished.
A Supreme Court of Record to be instituted therein.
An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 15 of 1844, for the Establishment of a Supreme Court of Judicature at Hongkong, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof.
[19th August, 1845.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the matters embraced in Ordinance No. 15 relating to the establishment of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, trial by jury, criminal proceedings, and the summary jurisdiction of the Court, should be provided for by separate and distinct ordinances; Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Ordinance No. 15 shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the Court at Hongkong with criminal and admiralty jurisdiction, which has hitherto been holden by the Chief Superintendent, shall be, and it is hereby abolished.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that there shall be within and for the Colony of Hongkong a Court, which shall be called "The Supreme Court of Hongkong," and that the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be a Court of Record.