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No7 of 1845.

Victoria Regina

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Regulation of and Imices in thi

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HONGKONG,

ANNO NONO

VICTORIE REGINE.

No. 8 of 1845.

Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,

By Baronet, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the

Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.

[19th August, 1845.]

Indictment or

I. Be it enacted and ordained, That for the purpose of Title. bringing a criminal case under the cognizance of the Supreme Court, an Indictment or Information, duly signed by the Attorney-General, or, in his absence, by the Colonial Se-Information. cretary, shall be as valid and effectual in all respects as if the same had been presented by a grand Jury.

IL And be it further enacted and ordained, That every

Prisoner, upon being arraigned upon or charged with any

Indictment or Information, by pleading generally thereto the Effect of plea of plea of "not guilty" shall, without further form, be deemed "Not guilty." to have put himself or herself upon the country for trial.

III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That if any Prisoner being arraigned upon, or charge with any Indictment or Information, stand mute of malice, or will not answer directly to the Indictment or Information, the Court shall, if it shall so think fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of "Not guilty" on behalf of such Prisoner, and the plea so entered

Refusal to plead.