AD 1895.]
DEFENCES SKETCHING.
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intention of contravening the provisions of section 2, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars or, at the discretion of the Magistrate, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one month.
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6. It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent of Police, or for any Police officer authorized by either of them, to search the baggage, apartments, and premises of any person found committing any offence against this Ordinance, and to take possession of any sketches, drawings, photographs, pictures, and paintings which may appear to him to have been illegally made, and to detain and deal with the same in such manner as may be directed by a Magistrate.
6. Any commissioned or non-commissioned officer in Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces and any Police officer may, with or without any warrant or other process, apprehend or cause to be apprehended any person offending against this Ordinance or suspected of so offending, and may bring him or cause him to be brought before a Magistrate for the purpose of being dealt with according to law.
See s. 3 of Ord. 3 of 1911. Sec. 8 is repealed by
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ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1895.
AN ORDINANCE to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes.
[20th March, 1895.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
A.D. 1895.
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Ordinance “No. 2 of 1895.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bank Notes (Issue) Ordinance, 1895.
2. In this Ordinance the word "Bank" includes any person, partnership, or company carrying on the business of banking within the Colony.
3. It shall not be lawful hereafter for any bank to make, issue, or circulate within the Colony bank notes payable to bearer on demand, without the previous sanction of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State signified through the Governor.
4. This Ordinance shall not affect any bank notes payable to bearer on demand which are in circulation on the 20th day of March, 1895.
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