INNKEEPERS' LIABILITY.
No. 3 of 1870.
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Provided always that the innkeeper may refuse to receive for safe custody 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 Innkeeper 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.
No. 4 of 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.
[26th August, 1870.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend to this Colony the provisions of section 25 of the Act 22 & 23 Victoria, chapter 21, and to make provision for the enforcement of rights of re-entry by the Crown and for the granting of relief against forfeiture:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance, 1870.
2. When a right of re-entry upon lands or tenements has accrued to His Majesty, such right may be exercised or enforced without any inquisition being taken, or office being found, or any actual re-entry being made on the premises.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. This Ordinance is not affected by No. 2 of 1873.
22 & 23 Vict. c. 21, s. 25.