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Obligation on innkeeper to receive property of guest for safe custody.
Effect of innkeeper refusing to receive property of custody.
No. 3.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1870.
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5. Every innkeeper shall be bound to receive from his guest on demand, for the purpose of safe custody, any goods or property, and to give deposit note stating the value thereof, subject to the following conditions; that is to say,-
(1.) that the guest shall, at the time of such deposit, declare the value of such goods or property; and
(2.) that the guest shall, if so required by the innkeeper, provide a box or other receptacle for such deposit and fasten and seal the same:
Provided always that the innkeeper may refuse to receive for safe custody under this section goods or property of any one guest, the declared value of which exceeds five thousand dollars, and that he shall in no case be liable for loss of or injury to goods or property so deposited by a guest to an amount exceeding the declared value thereof.
6. If any innkeeper refuses to receive for safe custody, as hereinbefore mentioned, any goods or property of his guest, the declared value of which does not exceed five thousand dollars, or if any such guest, through any default of such innkeeper, is unable to deposit such goods or property as aforesaid, such innkeeper shall not be entitled to the benefit of this Ordinance in respect of such goods or property.
7. Every innkeeper shall cause at least one copy of this Ordinance, printed in plain type, in English and Chinese, to be exhibited in a conspicuous part of the hall or entrance to his inn, and he shall be entitled to the benefit of this Ordinance in respect of such goods or property only as may be brought to his inn while such copy is so exhibited.
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1870.
A.D. 1870. AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Enforcement of Rights of Re-entry by the Crown and for the Granting of Relief against Forfeiture.
Ordinance No. 12 of 1870.
[26th August, 1870.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend to this Colony the provisions of section 25 of the Act of Parliament 22 & 23 Victoria Chapter 21, entitled "An Act to regulate the Office of Queen's Remembrancer, and to amend the Practice and Procedure on the Revenue Side of the Court of Exchequer," and to make provision for the enforcement of rights of re-entry by the Crown and for the granting of relief against forfeiture:
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
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