Could west be permitted to remain in force without violating those principles of jurisprudence by which the functions of the Execution" and Judicial Authorities ought in every Country and under every division of Government to be distinguished from each other.
entitled The Ordinance No.7 "An Ordinance for removing doubts respecting the application to Hong Kong of the Laws and Statutes of England relating to Usury and to fix and define the rate of interest which may be recovered in cases where it has not been previously agreed between the parties; is unintelligible without some Report explanatory of the motives in which it originated and of the results anticipated from it. It would seem to provide the only Law respecting Usury hereafter to be in force in Hong Kong
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