230 ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1848 .
Gunpowder. Ghaut Serang - Lascars.
Ordinance 8. And be it further enacted and ordained , that nothing in this Or
not to extend
to Govern dinance contained shall be held to extend to Government, military , or
ment stores ;
and licences naval stores ; and that all licences heretofore prescribed shall be issued
to be issued
without without any fee or charge .
charge.
Interpreta 9. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in the construction
tion clause.
of this Ordinance , unless there be something in the context repugnant
thereto, any word denoting the singular number and male sex shall be
taken to extend to any number of persons or things , and to both sexes :
Ordinance to And that this Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect from
take effect
from the 1st the first day of October next.
of October,
1848.
No. 2 of 1848.
Title. An Ordinance to amend . Ordinance No. 13 of 1845 , entitled “ An Or
dinance to establish a licensed Ghaut Serang in the Colony of Hong
kong, and for the better Regulation of Lascars resorting thereto ."
[ 7th September, 1848. ]
Preamble. THEREAS the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845 provides but for the appointment
WHof one ghaut serang in the Colony ; and as it appears to be expedient and
desirable that there should be two or more such ghaut serangs appointed annually
therein :---
Governor to de 1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong
termine annually
the number of kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the ex
ghant serangs to
be appointed for piration of any licence heretofore granted under the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, it
the Colony, as
also the fee char
geable on their shall and may be lawful for the Governor for the time being of the said Colony, with
licence.
the advice of the Executive Council thereof, annually to determine and arrange the
number of ghaut serangs which shall be appointed for the ensuing year, as also the
amount of the fee or sum to be chargeable on the licence to be granted to such ghaut
serangs.
Licences to be 2. And be it further enacted and ordained , that where not inconsistent with the
issued by Colo
nial Secretary. provisions of this Ordinance, such licences shall be issued as heretofore by the Colonial
Secretary, in pursuance of the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, the provisions whereof,
as also of the Ordinance No. 4 of 1846, shall extend and apply to all ghaut serangs
hereinafter appointed , in like manner as if they respectively were appointed and acting
as a sole ghaut serang under the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1852. ]