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COLONIAL ORDINANCES.
Punishment and Pe-
nalty for Non-observ- II. And be it enacted, That whoever shall Print or Publish any
ance of above Rules. such Periodical Work as is hereinbefore prescribed, without conform-
ing to the Rules hereinbefore laid down , or whoever shall Print or
Publish, or shall cause to be Printed or Published, any such Periodi-
cal Work, knowing that the said Rules have not been observed with
respect to that Work, shall on Conviction be punished with Fine to
an Amount not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars, and Imprisonment
for a Term not exceeding Two Years.
Declaration to be III. And be it enacted, That each of the two Originals of every
deposited in Office of Declaration so made and subscribed as is aforesaid, shall be authen-
Chief Magistrate and
in the Supreme Court. ticated by the Signature and Seal of the said Chief Magistrate of
Police ; and one of the said Originals shall be deposited among the
Records of the Office of the said Chief Magistrate, and the other Ori-
ginal shall be deposited among the Records of such Supreme Court
of Judicature as may hereafter be established in Hongkong ; and the
Officer in charge of each Original shall allow any Person to inspect
that Original, on Payment of a Fee of One Dollar, and shall give to
any Person applying a Copy of the said Declaration, on Payment of
a Fee of Two Dollars.
Copy of Declaration IV. And be it enacted, That in any Legal Proceeding whatever,
to be Evidence.
as well Civil as Criminal, the production of a Copy of such a Decla-
ration as is aforesaid, attested by the Seal of such Magistrate or Court
as is empowered by this Ordinance to have the Custody of such
Declarations, shall be held (unless the contrary be proved) to be
sufficient Evidence, as against the Person whose Name shall be sub-
scribed to such Declaration, that the said Person was Printer or
Publisher, or Printer and Publisher, (according as the Words of the
said Declaration may be, ) of every Portion of every Periodical Work
whereof the Title shall correspond with the Title of the Periodical
Work mentioned in the said Declaration.
Person ceasing to be
Printer or Publisher V. Provided always, That any Person who may have subscribed
to make Declaration any such Declaration as is aforesaid, and who may subsequently
thereof. cease to be the Printer or Publisher of the Periodical Work mention-
ed in such Declaration, may appear before such Chief Magistrate as
aforesaid, and make and subscribe in duplicate the following Decla-
ration :-
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I, A. B., declare that I have ceased to be the Printer (or Pu-
" blisher, or Printer and Publisher) of the Periodical Work
" entitled
and each Original of the latter Declaration shall be authenticated by
the Signature and Seal ofthe said Chief Magistrate ; and one Original
of the said latter Declaration shall be filed along with each Original
of the former Declaration ; and the Officer in charge of each Original of
the latter Declaration shall allow any Person applying to inspect that
Original, on Payment of a Fee of One Dollar, and shall give to any
Person applying a Copy of the said latter Declaration, attested by
the Seal of the Magistrate or Court having custody of the Original,
on Payment of a Fee of Two Dollars.
Copy of such Decla- VI. And be it enacted, that in all Trials in which a Copy attest-
ration e . admitted ed as is aforesaid of the former Declaration shall have been put in
to be
as Evidenc
Evidence, it shall be lawful to put in Evidence a Copy attested as is
aforesaid