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Governor
Sir Arthur Kennedy K. C.M.
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The Right Stonorable
The Earl of Carnarvo
Exportation of Material of Nar
Alates the Powers prescend by
che Colonial Government- to prohibit the
ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO
VICTORIA REGINAÆ.
By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, 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.
No. 3 of 1862.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.
An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency the Governor by Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles. [17th March, 1862.]
THEREAS it is desirable to vest in His Excellency the Governor power to prohibit Preamble.
the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles and Goods, subject to such Provisions as are hereinafter expressed: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council hereof, as follows:-
litary Stores, &c., may
ure and mode of sei-
I. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with the Advice of Exportation of Mi- the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government be prohibited by Pro- Bazette, or in any Extraordinary Gazette, to prohibit for such Period as shall be mention-clamation, and forfeit in such Proclamation, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong or to be sure for breach of Pro- arried Coastwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, and Gunpowder, Military hibition. ad Naval Stores, and any Articles which His Excellency may judge capable of being enverted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of Military or Naval Stores, Provisions, or any sort of Victual which may be used as food by man, or any or either f such Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods or Articles, respectively. And A case any such Arnus, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods, or Articles which ball have been so prohibited shall be exported from the said Colony or shall be carried astwise, or be Water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited and al vest in Her Majesty, and forthwith thereupon it shall be the duty of the Harbour ster of this Colony by Warrant under his Hand upon his own View, or upon an In- mation made upon Oath before any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony, to cause such Goods and Articles so hereinbefore declared forfeited to be seized, and to detain same to the use of Her Majesty and to be disposed of as His Excellency the Governor all by order under his Hand and Seal direct.
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