for the said Court of Petty Sessions to Summon the Person bound by the said Recognizance or Bond before it, and on satisfactory proof of such Forfeiture or Breach of Condition, to order the said Recognizance to be estreated, and to direct its Precept to the Sheriff of the said Colony to levy the Amount or Penalty of the said Recognizance from off the Goods, Chattels, Lands, and Tenements of the Defaulter; and in case the said Sheriff shall make his return to the said Precept, that such Defaulter has not sufficient Goods or Chattels, Lands or Tenements, to satisfy the exigency of the said Precept, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Court of Petty Sessions to order and direct that such defaulting Party be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Months.
Interpretation XVI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That in the construction of this Ordinance, unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto, any word denoting the Singular Number and Male Sex, shall be taken to extend to any Number of Persons and Things, and to both Sexes.
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XVII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That this Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect from and after the First day of March next ensuing.
1st March, 1849.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of February, 1849.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
S. G. BONHAM.
festi.
L. Almada
Clerk of Councils.
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