11. Against Sects.
30 and 31.
12. Against Sect.32.
13. Against Sect. 33,
14. Against Sect. 30,
15. Against Sect. 35
16. Against Sect. 38.
17. For every of-
fence not specifically provided for.
Enforcement of Pe-
Dalties
Chinese Officers or
11. For every offence against Section Thirty or Section Thirty-one, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars
nor less than Five Dollars.
12. For every offence against Section Thirty-two, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than
Five, (besides the Expenses of the Removal of the Building or thing occupied or erected). 13. For every offence against Section Thirty-three, (unless the same shall be dealt with under the Ordinance therein mentioned,) a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five. 14. For every offence against Section Thirty-four, a Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor
less than Five.
15. For every offence against Section Thirty-five, a Sum not exceeding Five Dollars, nor less than Twenty Cents; or the offender shall, at the discretion of the Court, receive not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than five Blows, with a Rattan; and he shall also, if His Excellency in Council shall so decide, be deported to any place in the Chinese Empire.
16. For every offence against Section Thirty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less
than One Dollar.
17. And for every such Disobedience, Violation, or Default, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore provided, such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit XL. In case of nonpayment of any of the said pecuniary Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of the ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recover- able; yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty-eight shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case.
XLI. Over and above the pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-nine, Chinese offenders, if Licensees offending - holding the office of Kapcheong or Tepo, shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His able to ignominious Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese, and, if holding any License herein
specified, shall be liable to the forfeiture thereof.
Dismissal.
In case of Security,
XLII. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that, before the commission of the the amount of penalty offence, he had given security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the to be that of the Secu- same is become forfeited, the amount of such security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred rity.
by him, and it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence, save and except the amount of his said security.
Certiorari.
Construction of words.
'Occupier.'
'House or Building.'
'Europeans.'
And Chinese :'
Exception.
Retrospective.
XLIII. Every adjudication under this Ordinance shall be final, unless Certiorari for removing the proceedings, either before or after judgment, shall be obtained, by the Crown or by the Defendant, as the case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the pro- ceedings upon the said Certiorari shall be prosecuted, with effect, in the Supreme Court, within Six Weeks after the obtaining thereof. And the Costs of such Certiorari and Proceedings shall be paid to or by the Crown according to the event thereof.
XLIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
or "of a Boat or Vessel," "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of a House or Tenement
shall include every Person acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof (if a House or Tenement) at a rent, and (in the event of a vacant House, Tenement, Boat or Vessel And “House," or of no other Occupier thereof being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. "Tenement," or "Building" shall include any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And "European" shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not being Chi-
nese) as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty:
And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being
of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages:
Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath
been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words.
XLV.
All Acts done before the passing of this Ordinance which, if done after the passing thereof, would have been legal and valid, shall be deemed legal and valid for all purposes soever.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 5th Day of May, 1857.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN BOWRING.
SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS:—
Fee for Hawkers,
050 Quarterly.
1st Class Boats plying for hire,
10.00 Annually.
5.00
2d
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3d
do. do. do.,
3.00
"
4th
do. do. do,
0.50
"
Trading and Fishing Boats,
10.00
Undertakers' Licenses, .
10.00
10
5,00
Licenses of Tenements and Boats or Boats for Coolies (for every Ten
Inmates) if by the Year,.
And if by a lesser terma (for every Ten Inmates,)
0.10 per diem.
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