120 ORDINANCES Nos . 5 AND 6 OF 1845 .
Salt and Opium. Supreme Court.
auctioneer shall at all times be liable to inspection by any person or persons duly
authorized by the Governor: And it is hereby declared, that any such auctioneer
failing duly to comply with the provisions of this section shall be considered to have
forfeited his licence, and such licence shall be absolutely void by such neglect or
default.
Official fees to 11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the following official fees, as
be levied.
set forth in the annexed table, shall be levied and made payable from and after the
passing of this Ordinance -all fees so levied to be paid into the Colonial Treasury.
[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1888. ].
TABLE OF FEES.
1. For granting a marriage licence, $5 .
2. For the signature of the Governor, $ 5 .
3. For the signature of the Colonial Secretary , $ 2 .
[ So much as relates in this Ordinance to smoking divans, opium, &c. repealed
by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 : the whole Ordinance repealed by Ordinance No. 21 of
1887, except section 11. ]
No. 6 of 1845 .
Title. An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 15 of 1844 , for the Establishment
of a Supreme Court of Judicature at Hongkong , and to substitute
other provisions in lieu thereof.
[ 19th August, 1845. ]
Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient that the matters embraced in Ordinance No. 15
W relating to the establishment of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, trial by
jury, criminal proceedings , and the summary jurisdiction of the Court, should be pro
vided for by separate and distinct ordinances ; Be it therefore enacted and ordained
by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice of the Legislative
Ordinance No. Council thereof, that the said Ordinance No. 15 shall, from and after the passing of
15 of 1844 re
pealed. this Ordinance , be, and the same is hereby repealed .
Former Court 2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that from and after the passing of
at Hongkong
abolished. this Ordinance, the Court at Hongkong with criminal and admiralty jurisdiction, which
has hitherto been holden by the Chief Superintendent, shall be, and it is hereby
abolished.
A Supreme Court 3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that there shall be within and for the
of Record to be
instituted Colony of Hongkong a Court, which shall be called "The Supreme Court of Hongkong,"
therein.
and that the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be a Court of Record.