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summon the Person from whom such Fee shall be due, and to proceed
to recover the same, in like manner as any Penalty recoverable by
Summary Proceedings.
Table of Fees to be XVIII. And be it enacted, That in some conspicuous Part of each
hung up in Public
Office. of the Public Offices of the Justices within the said Colony, there
shall be affixed a Table of the Fees which may legally be taken at
such Offices respectively.
Justice to account
XIX. And be it enacted, That the Justices at each of the Public
for and pay over Fees Offices within the said Colony, and their Clerks respectively, shall, in
and
Books to be provided for that Purpose, keep a fall, true, and parti-
cular Account of all Fees taken and received at each of the said
Offices, together with all Penalties and Forfeitures which shall
have been recovered, levied, or received in pursuance of any Adjudi-
cation, Conviction, or Order, had or made at any of the said Offices,
or any Process or Warrant, and shall be strictly accountable for such
Fees, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Suc-
cessors, and shall pay over the same to the Colonial Treasurer, from
Time to Time, as they may be required .
Distribution of Pe- XX. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases where, by any
nalties.
Ordinancé, à Pecuniary Penalty is or shall be imposed, the Amount
of every such Penalty, within the Limits prescribed, shall be in the
Discretion of the convicting Justice, and that every Penalty awarded
by such Justice, and declared to be payable to Her Majesty, Her Heirs,
and Successors, shall (except it shall be otherwise specially provided
by any Ordinance) be paid, -one Moiety thereof, and such other Part
thereof as shall not be adjudicated to be paid in the Manner herein-
after next mentioned, to the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and
Successors, for the public Uses of the Colony of Hongkong, and the
Support of the Government thereof; and the other Moiety, or such
Part thereof as shall be adjudged by the Justice convicting to the use
of the Informer, or Party prosecuting or complaining, or who shall
have suffered any Damage from the Act of the Offender, and such
Parties shall, if the convicting Justice shall so order, but not otherwise,
also be entitled to their Costs and Charges, over and above such
Penalty, to be ascertained and assessed as aforesaid .
Witnesses not to be
XXI. And be it enacted, That no Person shall, by reason of the
rendered Incompetent
by Interest. Application of any Penalty to his Use, or of his being otherwise inte-
rested in the Event of the Cause, directly or indirectly, be deemed to
be incompetent as a Witness before any Court of Justice or Justice
of the Peace, in any Proceeding whatsoever, whether Civil or
Criminal.
Justice to take Re- XXII. And be it enacted, That in shall Cases where any Com-
cognizance for Good
Behaviour. plaint shall be made against any Person, the Justice by or before
whom such Complaint shall be heard may, if he shall so think proper,
require the Party complained against, and whether such Party shall
be convicted or not on such Complaint, to enter into a Recognizance,
with Two sufficient Sureties for his Good Behaviour, for such Term ,
and in such Sum, as such Justice shall think proper, so as such Term
do not exceed Twelve Months, nor such Sum Two Hundred
Dollars.
XXIII .