C.O. 5525 152
No. 40 of 1899.
RECEIVED
of 16 FEB 0:
An Ordinance to provide for the summoning of Chinese before
the Registrar General.
LS
Henry A. Blake,
Governor.
(30th December, 1899).
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1.- This Ordinance may be cited as **The Summoning of Chinese Ordinance, 1899**.
2.- (i.) The Governor may at any time direct the Registrar General to enquire into and report as to any matter which is connected with the New Territories as defined by section 2 of Ordinance No. 12 of 1899, if such matter exclusively concerns persons of Chinese race, whether British subjects or otherwise.
(ii) It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to summon in writing under his hand and seal any person of Chinese race (whether British subject or otherwise) who appears to him to be able to give information regarding any matter into which the Registrar General is directed by the Governor to enquire, reciting in the summons the subject of the enquiry.
3.- Every person so summoned shall be legally bound to attend before the Registrar General at the time and the place specified in such summons and to answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar General may put to him relating to the matter under enquiry, and to produce, if required by him, to the Registrar General or to some person deputed by him for the purpose, any books, documents, or other written matter pertinent to the enquiry, and to permit...