Hongkong No 118
28th July, 1881.
Governor
Sir John Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G.
to
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley
1881
Transmitting for the Queen's Confirmation,
and Allowance Ordinance 3 of 1881. for altering the penal system of Hong Kong.
Governor's No. 3 of 1881.
Commander-in-Chief
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled "The Penal Ordinances amendment Ordinance, 1881."
[24th June, 1881.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the penal laws in force in this Colony: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
I. The enactments described in the Schedule to this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the Schedule: Provided that such repeal shall not affect the past operation of any such enactment or anything done or suffered thereunder.
II. Ordinance 12 of 1865 is hereby amended by striking out from the words "where any person is convicted of a crime" down to the words "incapable of resistance" inclusive and by inserting instead thereof the words "where any person is convicted of a crime under Section 19 of Ordinance 4 of 1865 or under Section 31 of Ordinance 7 of 1865," and by striking out the words "publicly or."
III. It shall not be lawful to award any sentence of flogging on the back; and every sentence of flogging or whipping shall provide that such flogging or whipping shall be inflicted with a rattan on the breech.
Schedule of Enactments repealed.
Ordinance. Title. Extent of repeal. 12 of 1865. "Suppression of the Triad Society." Sections 2 and 3. 12 of 1866. "To regulate Chinese Burials, and to prevent certain Nuisances within the Colony of Hongkong." Section 7. 8 of 1858. "For regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other purposes of Police." The words "receive not more than thirty-six blows, nor less than five blows, with a rattan, and" in Subsection 9 Section 28.One Enclosure
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