be in force
say
in this
Colony within
a year after its coming
into operation in England.
question whether
This raises a it, and in what form the Criminal legislation of the Imperial Parliament should be adopted in this Colony. As to this question it seems to me to be probable that some
general course will have been recognised
as best by the Colonial Office and that information on this
point should be obtained from that Office as a preliminary to any step being taken to enact either the existing
or
future Criminal law of England.
The extract from the Letter of
His Grace the Colonial Secretary
of 2 June 1858 and the
Letter of Sir F Rogers which was enclosed appear to me to take objection to Ordinances which embody and enact Imperial Acts by reference, whilst to re-enact the new
legislation
at home as to ones would
fill
an ordinary yearly volume
of the Hongkong Gazette at
a very large expense.
Moreover I think that the
New Imperial Criminal Acts have not been tested by English
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