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OFFENCES.

Table II.

POLICE COURTS.

LIST of OFFENCES TRIED during the year 1922.

No. of CASES. No. of PRISONERS. OFFENCES. No. OF CASES. No. of PRISONERS. Brought forward, 238 281 Accessories and Abettors Ordinance-3 of 1865. 9 Common Law Offences, 55 71 Arms and Ammunition Ordinance-2 of 1900,- Contraventions of regulations made thereunder Copyright Ordinance-11 of 1918, .......... 207 211 Asiatic Emigration Ordinance-30 of 1915, 2 Coroner's Abolition Ordinance-5 of 1888, - Offences under 1 3 Bankruptcy Ordinance-7 of 1891,- Offences under, ... 1 Criminal Intimidation Ordinance-13 of 1920, 19 27 Dangerous Goods Ordinance-1 of 1873,- Contraventions of. 26 30 Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance-7 of 1896,- Contraventions of regulations made thereunder Deportation Ordinance-25 of 1917. 103 103 Boarding House Ordinance-23 of 1917, Dogs Ordinance-5 of 1893,— Contraventions of, 1 1 Chinese Marriage Preservation Ordinance-42 of 1912, 126 126 Coinage Offences Ordinance-7 of 1865,- Offences relating to the King's gold and silver coin, (Sections 3-12), Employers and Servants Ordinance-45 of 1902,— Offences under......................... 12 14 Offences relating to the King's gold and foreign coin, (Sections 15-20), 1 6 Evidence Ordinance-2 of 1889,- Contraventions of and Offences under, 3 Offences relating to the King's coins, miscellaneous... Carried forward, 238 281 Carried forward, 583 659