1462 ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1878.
Chinese Emigration. Gaol Amendment.
Form ofbond to be given by the master of Chinese passenger ships holding special licences.
Know all men by these presents that we, A. B. , of and C. D., of
are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the
sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto
our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors ; to which payment well
and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and severally for and in
the whole, our heirs and executors and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these
presents.
Sealed with our seal.
Dated this day of 18
Whereas by "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," it is enacted that before any Chinese pas
senger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than seven days' computed
duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an emi
gration officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors in the sum of
£ 1,000.
Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the steamship
whereof is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers
Act, and of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled " The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance,
[* 1878.] 1877,* (Special Licences)," and of the regulations contained in the schedule to the said Ordinance annexed
shall be well and truly performed [ in like manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in
case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said a British subject ] *
then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
Signed, sealed and delivered by the above bounden and in the presence
of
The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a foreign Chinese passenger ship.
[Confirmation proclaimed 10th June, 1879. Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1889. ]
No. 2 of 1878 .
Title. An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.
[ 15th October, 1878. ]
Preamble. HEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether under sections 11 and 12 of Ordinance
or
No. 4 of 1863 , punishments directed to be inflicted for breach of regulations or
of prison discipline by the Superintendent of the Gaol or the Superintendent in
conjunction with a Justice of the Peace (as the case may be) can lawfully be carried
out after the expiration of the term of imprisonment for which the offender was originally
sentenced, and it is desirable to remove such doubts : Be it enacted by the Governor
of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :