Recovery Penalties.
of
Expenses, by whom payable.
shall for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a Penalty or Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars; or in case of non-payment thereof, it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace to commit the Person so offending to any of Her Majesty's Jails, for any term not exceeding One Calendar Month.
IV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That any Penalty sued for under this Ordinance, shall be recovered summarily before any one Justice of the Peace.
V. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all expenses incidental to the apprehension, confinement, and removal of any Seaman, under and by virtue of any of the powers and authorities conferred by this Ordinance, shall be paid by the Master of the Ship to which such Seaman may belong, and be recoverable from him at the suit of the Superintendent of Police, as a debt due to the Government of this Colony; and the subsistence Money for every such Seaman confined in Jail shall be paid weekly in advance to the keeper of the Jail, and in default of such payment, the Jailor may release such Seaman.
At the requi
VI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That at the requisition of the Consul resident at Hongkong, of any Foreign Nation, it shall be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony to suspend the operation of this Ordinance in regard to the Ships of that nation, for so long a period as such Consul may require or the said Governor may think fit; and that on like requisition it shall and may be lawful for the said Governor, if he deem it fit, to cause any pending proceeding or case under this Ordinance to be discontinued and abated.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 17th day of December, 1850.
CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Officiating Clerk of Councils.
S. G. BONHAM.
Laethunda Tatto
Clerk of Councils.
234
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to 110 of 1850.
Inclosure, in despatch
Recovery Penalties.
of
Expenses, by whom payable.
shall for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a Penalty or Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars; or in case of non-payment thereof, it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace to commit the Person so offending to any of Her Majesty's Jails, for any term not exceeding Que Calendar Month.
IV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That any Penalty sued for under this Ordinance, shall be recovered summarily before any one Justice of the Peace.
V. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all expenses in- cidental to the apprehension, confinement, and removal of any Seaman, under and by virtue of any of the powers and authorities conferred by this Ordinance, shall be paid by the Master of the Ship to which suçlı Seaman may belong, and be recoverable from him at the suit of the Superintendent of Police, as a debt due to the Government of this Colony; and the subsistence Money for every such Seaman confined in Jail shall be paid weekly in advance to the keeper of the Jail, and in default of such payment, the Jailor may release such Seaman.
At the requi
VI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That at the requisition sition of Foreign of the Consul resident at Hongkong, of any Foreign Nation, it shall be Consuls, opera-lawful for the Governor of the said Colony to suspend the operation of tion of this Or dinance may be this Ordinance in regard to the Ships of that nation, for so long a period suspended. as such Consul may require or the said Governor may think fit; and that
on like requisition it shall and may be lawful for the said Governor, if he deem it fit, to cause any pending proceeding or case under this Ordinance to be discontinued and abated.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 17th day of December, 1850.
CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Officiating Clerk of Councils.
S. G. BONHAM.
Laethunda Tatto
Clerk of Councils.
234
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to 110 of 1850.
Inclosure, in despatch
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