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HONGKONG

DIEU

DROIT

ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO

VICTORIE REGINÆ.

By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

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No. 4 of 1863.

An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 1 of 1853 and to provide Gaols and Debtors' Wards, and for the due control of Prisoners therein. [26th May, 1863.] WHEREAS the present Gaol is insufficient for the Prisoners now incarcerated therein

and it is advisable to repeal the Ordinance No. 1 of 1853 and to provide further Prison accommodation and for due management and control of Prisoners: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

Title.

Preamble.

I. The Ordinance No. 1 of 1853 intituled “An Ordinance for the Regulation of the Ordinace Xa. I of

Gaol of Hongkong" is hereby repealed.

1855 repeated.

to set apart. Parts of

Victoria Gnol” zad

II. So much and such Parts of the present Gaol in Victoris as His Excellency the Governor authorised Governor shall from time to time by order in writing direct for the purpose shall be set present Guol for “The apart and be used for a Gaol and shall be called the "Victoria Gaol," and so much and such other Parts for Deb parts of the said present Gaol as His Excellency the Governor shall from time to time to Ward by order in writing direct for the purpose shall be set apart and used for a Debtors' Ward or Prison and shall be called the Debtors' Ward in the Victoria Gaol.

to set apart all or part

III. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor by order in writing under Governor authorised his hand to appropriate and set apart the whole or so much and such parts of Stone of StoneCatters' Island Cutters' Island in the Harbour of Victoria as His Excellency shall from time to time for Gaol and Hulk direct for a Gaol, which shall be called the "New Gaol," and until the said "New Gaol to be treated part shall be finished and for such further time as His Excellency the Governor shall think fit a certain Hulk now in course of being fitted for the purpose of receiving Prisoners to

be employed on the said Island shall be treated as forming part of the said lastmentioned Gaol.

of much Gast.

to set apart any other

IV. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor by order in writing under, Governor authorized his hand from time to time hereafter to appropriate and set apart any other site or sitesse Gnd and within the said Colony as and for a Gaol or Gaols and a Debtors' Ward or Debtors' Wards Debtors Ward. which sites respectively shall be called by such names respectively as shall in any such order be specified.

to

Governor authorised

V. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor from time to time by order tha in writing to determine the use of the said Gaol and Debtors' Ward and of such other of the Grol and Gaola and Debtors' Wards as shall have been formed as aforesaid or of any or either Debtor' Warda,

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