ORDINANCE No. 12 of 1845.
Triad and Secret Societies.
No. 12 of 1845.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1 of 1845, entitled "An Ordinance for the Suppression of the Triad and other secret Societies in the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies."
[20th October, 1845.]
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend the said Ordinance No. 1 of 1845, with a view to introducing certain limitations, and giving additional certainty to its provisions:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that no person or persons shall be considered as coming within the provisions or intent of the before mentioned Ordinance, No. 1 of 1845, who shall have joined the Triad society in ignorance of its designs, or under the influence of terror, or who shall not be duly convicted of active participation in some unlawful act arising out of his or their connexion with the said society.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that so far as the said enactment provides that any offender shall, in addition to the other punishments or penalties contained in the said Ordinance, No. 1 of 1845, be marked on the right cheek, the same be, and is hereby repealed: But it is further provided, that in case of any conviction under these ordinances, or either of them, the presiding judge shall in his discretion have power to direct, as an additional punishment, that after the expiration of the term of imprisonment to which any such offender or offenders may be subjected, he or they shall be marked in the manner usual in the case of military deserters, under the left arm, and expelled or banished from the said Island for the term of his or their natural lives. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881.]
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in case any person or persons, after being so sentenced as aforesaid, shall return to the said Island, he or they so returning shall or may be transported for life to such British place or settlement as shall at the time be provided for the reception of convicts under sentence of transportation from this Colony. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881.]
4. And it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that so far as the said Ordinance, No. 1 of 1845, can be construed to provide any penalty against members of any secret society other than the said Triad society (under that or any other assumed name), the same be and is hereby repealed.
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Preamble.
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Operation of Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 limited to certain cases.
Convicts to be marked as in the case of deserters, and banished from the Island, at the discretion of the Court.
Persons returning to the Island after banishment to be transported for life to a British settlement.
Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 not to apply to any society other than the Triad.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1887.]