Ordinance.
[1848]
Whereas it has been deemed advisable and fit to repeal the said Ordinance No. 6 of 1847, and to substitute other Provisions in place of those contained in the said Ordinance, but with the intent of extending the said Jurisdiction existed under that Ordinance.
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the said recited Ordinance No. 6 of 1847 be, and the same hereby repealed.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Chief Magistrate or for the Person legally deputed to act in his stead, either singly or in conjunction with one or more Justices of the Peace, to hear, try, and determine in a summary manner the following Crimes and Offences, whether the same shall be committed within the Colony or the Harbour of Victoria; that is to say:
All cases of Assault and Battery attended with an intent to commit a Felony; Larceny not accompanied by violence, and where the subject matter of the Larceny does not exceed in value or amount the sum of Fifty Dollars; all cases of Embezzlement by servants or others, where the property embezzled does not exceed the like value or amount; all cases arising from the knowingly uttering of Counterfeit Coin, or from endeavour to utter the same with like knowledge, where such counterfeit Coin shall represent Coinage current in the Colony, and be not...