ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1887 . 2109
Prevention of Crimes.
No. 11 of 1887.
An Ordinance for the more effectual Prevention of Crime.
[ 19th April, 1887. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong , with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Prevention Short title.
of Crimes Ordinance, 1887 .
Licences.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by an order in writing under Governor may
grant licences
his hand and seal , to grant to any convict now under sentence of impri to be at large
under sen
sonment with hard labour, or who may hereafter be sentenced to impri tence of hard
labour.
sonment with hard labour a licence to be at large in this Colony, or in [16 & 17 Vic.
c. 99, s. 9. ]
such part thereof as in such licence shall be expressed , during such
portion of his or her term of imprisonment, and upon such conditions in
all respects as to the said Governor shall seem fit ; and it shall be lawful
for the said Governor to revoke or alter such licence by a like order at
his pleasure .
3. So long as such licence shall continue in force and unrevoked , Holder of
licence not to
such convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned by reason of his sen beimprisoned
by reason of
tence, but shall be allowed to go and remain at large according to the his sentence .
[16 & 17 Vic.
terms of such licence. c. 99 , s. 10. ]
4. Provided always , that if it shall please the Governor to revoke If licence
revoked , the
any such licence as aforesaid it shall be lawful for him, by warrant under convict may
be appre
his hand and seal , to signify to a Magistrate that such licence has been hended and
committed to
revoked, and to require such Magistrate to issue his warrant under his prison.
16 & 17 Vic .
hand and seal for the apprehension of the convict to whom such licence c. 99 , s. 11. ]
was granted , and such Magistrate shall issue his warrant accordingly,
and such warrant shall and may be executed by the constable to whom
the same shall be delivered for that purpose in any part of this Colony ;
and such convict when apprehended under such warrant shall be brought,
as soon as he conveniently may be , before the Magistrate by whom the
said warrant shall have been issued , or some other Magistrate of the said
Colony , and such Magistrate shall thereupon make out his warrant under
his hand and seal for the recommitment of such convict to the prison or
place of confinement from which he was released by virtue of the said