HONGKONG,
ANNO NONO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 6 of 1845.
By His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,
Baronet, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HONGKONG, AND TO SUBSTITUTE OTHER PROVISIONS IN LIEU THEREOF.
[19th August, 1845.]
Title.
Preamble.
I. WHEREAS it is expedient that the matters embraced in Ordinance No. 15 relating to the establishment of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Trial by Jury, Criminal Proceedings, and the Summary Jurisdiction of the Court, should be provided for by separate and distinct Ordinances; Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Ordinance No. 15 shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
II. And be it further enacted and ordained, That from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the Court at Hongkong with Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdiction, which has hitherto been holden by the Chief Superintendent, shall be, and it is hereby abolished.
III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That there shall be within and for the Colony of Hongkong a Court, which shall be called the Supreme Court of Hongkong.