A.D. 1865.
life or for
7 term not
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offender.
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Court may nd kept to
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indictable
der to be imprison- one month
ear.
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ment au- mprisoned eding one
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A.D. 1865.] OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. [No. 3.
as if they were incorporated in this Ordinance: Provided that nothing in this Ordinance shall, in any manner otherwise than as respects the punishment, alter or affect any enactment now in force relating to procedure in the case of any offence punishable on summary conviction or the recovery or application of any penalty or forfeiture for any such
offence.
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1865.
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AN ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to A.D. 1865.
Accessories to and Abettors of Indictable Offences.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1865.
[14th June, 1865.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Accessories and Abettors Short title. Ordinance, 1865.
Accessories before the Fact.
before the
2. Every person who becomes an accessory before the fact to any Accessory felony, whether the same is a felony at common law or by virtue of any Ordinance passed or to be passed, may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal felon.
fact may be indicted, etc., as principal. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94 s. 1. Accessory
before the indicted, etc.,
fact may be
as such or as substantive
Ib. s. 2.
3. Every person who counsels, procures, or commands any other person to commit any felony, whether the same is a felony at common law or by virtue of any Ordinance passed or to be passed, shall be guilty of felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, felon. or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon has or has not been previously convicted or is or is not amenable to justice, and may thereupon be punished in the same manner as any accessory before the fact to the same felony, if convicted as an accessory, may be punished.
Accessories after the Fact.
any
after the fact may be in-
as such or as substantive
4. Every person who becomes an accessory after the fact to any Accessory felony, whether the same is a felony at common law or by virtue of Ordinance passed or to be passed, may be indicted and convicted either dicled, etc., as an accessory after the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be felon. indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal
Jh. s. 3.