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ORDINANCES Nos. 11 AND 12 OF 1865.
Criminal Enactments Repeal.
Security from Personal Violence.
Ordinance.
No. 3 of 1854.
SCHEDULE.
Title. Extent of Repeal.
An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in force in this Colony.
So much as relates to the whole of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 62, 8 & 9 Vict. c. 47, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 25, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 66, and as relates to sections one, two, three, four, eight, and nine of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19.
No. 3 of 1856.
An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in force in the Colony of Hongkong.
So much as relates to sections one, two, and three of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 46.
No. 5 of 1856.
No. 4 of 1860.
No. 9 of 1860.
No. 12 of 1862.
An Ordinance for the amendment of procedure in civil and criminal cases.
So much as relates to section one of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 30.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to cheques, or drafts on bankers, and to amend the law of false pretences.
The whole.
An Ordinance to make better provision for the punishment of frauds committed by trustees, bankers, and other persons intrusted with property.
The whole.
An Ordinance to amend the form in which sentence of death is passed.
The whole.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
No. 12 of 1865.
Title. Preamble.
Power to award punishment of whipping in cases herein named.
An Ordinance for the further Security of the Residents in this Colony from personal Violence.
[14th June, 1865.]
WHEREAS the punishments hitherto awarded by the laws of this Colony are insufficient to deter from crimes of violence: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. [Where any person is convicted of a crime who at the time of the commission thereof shall have been armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or who at the time of or immediately before or immediately after the commission thereof shall have wounded, beat, struck or used any other personal violence to any other person, or who shall at any of the times aforesaid by any means whatsoever have attempted to render any other person insensible, unconscious or incapable of resistance, Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881 and new words substituted] the Supreme Court may, in addition to the punishment now awarded for