217
Casto
be used undeclared by are aney filone
сам
of
conviction of a plone or any offrince
order to br
C
misdemrave
or misdemeanour with which
it
Mand
A
Magistrati
deal summarily, the crimes in Schod 3 of the Principal orta brinę rated out as
Sofas, transon, § 5 provides for
K 7745
of
this punishment.'
x
heretofore.
X
increase in
in the case
It was, however, alleged by Mr Ho Kai [Debate §.156] that the stocks you!? under this section be extended
Cine
A-G's refle
previous carry
Liability to the stocks. on this point is not
thru au
very
to certain statuting misdemeanours which did not
The clear / Rebates p. 158] but he appears to have laid downs that
only 300 14 offences of this kind on the H. Kong statist book and he maintained that some
of than would I suitate "sulpdio for stocks"- Eventually, however, he met Mr Ho Kai's
objection by expressly excepting from the
Stocks the offences under the 4 ordes set out in the schedule to the ordre, and Mr Ho Kai
accepted the amendment.
If sams clear, therefore, that the interstion was
maintain the state. Cuo
to stocks
minati subject to the possibility, refined to in
Marty
that some
misdemeanour which she hour brea included in the axempotions may have been
amitted
I think that use 5 quis affict !ŏ that intention with regard to all existing,
thu
offences wi H. Kone - is at the dati of
Enactment of this order
But sse 5 appears to me
to make it possible to
increase the use of the stretes in the future, for
ifa
new meedeimant's is created by a pature We which composers magistrates to deal with
unless that orde
it summarily, then
offences - vide
to tas
Excludes the stocks, the magistrati with to ath to seating the offender to that punishment under Sex 5
of the present order. There would be
211
Debaba p.170.
ac
increase
at all wints in the number if not in the kinds
of offences punishath by stocks.
J.JA. Hs
Presumably the H. Khong authorities wont refiles that an increase of this kind was not prohibited but was
usceroainly contemplated by order 13 of 1907, and that
to stocks is therefore
the status quo
maintained)
Lord Crewe.
MW: Thisley has been good enough to discurs this fully with me this morning.
Section 4 of the Ordinance, amending
Of the 1
sfject.
sec: 86
o Ordinance will not do. The
1890
as stated
by
The Attorney General is
in the case of
to substitute whipping for all offences for
any
other furnishment; but the affect might be to authorize whishing in addition to other pumistimment.
J
suggest there fore that we should with holl sanction pending,
amendment Leasing
out the works
ddition to and addi