ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1865
Criminal Enactments Repeal
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2. The Ordinances mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be repealed to the Extent specified in the said Schedule.
3. Provided, that every Offence, which shall have been wholly or partly committed before this Ordinance come into Operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined and punished, and every Penalty in respect of any such Offence shall be recovered in the same Manner 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 have been commenced before this Ordinance comes into Operation, or shall thereafter be commenced, in respect of any such Matter or Thing, may be prosecuted, continued, and defended in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed.
SCHEDULE
Title Extent of Repeal An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in Force in this Colony. So much as relates to the whole of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 4. An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in Force in the Colony of Hongkong. 9 Vict. c. 47, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 25, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 63, and relates to Sections One, Two, Three, Four, Eight, and Nine of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19. An Ordinance for the Amendment of Procedure in Civil and Criminal Cases. So much as relates to Sections One, Two, and Three of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 46. An Ordinance to amend the law relating to Cheques, or Draft on Bankers, and to amend the Law of false Pretences. So much as relates to Section One of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 30. An Ordinance to make better Provision for the Punishment of Frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers, and other Persons Intrusted with Property. The whole. An Ordinance to amend the Form in which Sentence of Death is passed. The whole.Page 613
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ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1866
Hongkong and Shanghae Bank
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Incorporation of the Hongkong and Shanghae Banking Corporation.
[14th August, 1866]
WHEREAS the several Persons hereinafter named and others have agreed to form a Joint Stock Company under the name or style of "The Hongkong and Shanghae Banking Corporation," for the purpose of carrying on the business of Banking and of conducting all business usually transacted by Bankers...
I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Hongkong and Shanghae Bank Ordinance."
II. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance, the Expression "The Governor" shall mean His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, or the Officer for the time being administering the Government of the said Colony...
III. The Honorable John Dent, the Honorable Thomas Grant of Sutherland, Albert Farley Heard, Esquire, George Francis Maclean, Esquire, Douglas Lapraik, Esquire, Woldemar Nissen, Esquire, Arthur Sassoon, Esquire, George John Helland, Esquire, Pallantee Framjee, Esquire, Henry William Wood, Esquire, and Caleb Taitor Smith, Esquire, together with such and so many other Persons and bodies politic and corporate as now are, or shall hereafter become Proprietors of any Share or Shares of or in the Capital, for the time being, of the Company hereby established, shall be one body politic and corporate, in name and in deed, by the name...
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