HONGKONG
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO
VICTORIE REGINE.
By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
W. T. MERCER,
No. 11 of 1865.
An Ordinance to repeal certain Enactinents which have been consolidated in
several Ordinances relating to Criminal Offences.
[14th June, 1865.]
THEREAS by virtue of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, divers Acts and Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Forty-three, are in Force in this Colony, notwithstanding the same have been repealed by the Imperial Parliament; and whereas by Six several Ordinances, relating respectively to Offences against the Person, Malicious Injuries to Property, Larceny, Forgery, Coining, and Accessories and Abettors, a large Portion of the Matter contained in the said Acts and Parts of Acts, as also in several local Enactments, has been consolidated and amended; and it is therefore expedient to limit the Operation of the Ordinances firstly hereinbefore mentioned, so as to exclude therefrom the Acts and Parts of Acts so repealed, and to repeal the said local Enactments to the Extent specified in the Schedule hereto annexed: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
Title.
Preamble.
and Section 3 of Ordi-
1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of Section 4 of Ordi- 1846, shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be so construed as not to ance No. 6 of 1845, include as of Force in this Colony any Acts or Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament vance No. 2 of 1846, made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and how to be construed. Forty-three, and which are enumerated in the Schedule annexed to the Act of the Session of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Ninety-five, and which said Acts or Parts of Acts are thereby repealed.
II. The Ordinances mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed shall, after the coming Ordinances in into Operation of this Ordinance, be repealed to the Extent specified in the said Schedule Schedule repealed.
not to affect Offences,
this Ordinance,
III. Provided, that every Offence, which shall have been wholly or partly committed Previons Sections before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined &c., committed before and punished, and every Penalty in respect of any such Offence shall be recovered in the the Commencement of same Mauner as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Act duly done, and every Warrant or other Instrument duly made or granted before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue and be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Right, Liability, Privilege, and Protection in respect of any Matter or Thing committed or done before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue to be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Action, Prosecution, and other Proceeding which shall
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