294
No person to engage a Servant without Certificate of Registration.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28th JULY, 1866.
No Servant to engage himself without Certificate of Registration.
Servant hereafter engaging himself as such to produce Certificate to Registrar General's Office within Seven Days.
XXVII. It shall not be lawful for any Person other than a Chinese to engage and employ any Servant who shall not be provided with a Certificate of Registration.
XXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to engage himself as a Servant without being provided with a Certificate of Registration.
XXIX. Every Person who shall engage himself after the commencement of this Ordinance, as a Servant, shall within Seven Days thereafter report the same at the Registrar General's Office and produce his Certificate of Registration for the purpose of having the Name of his Employer endorsed thereon and recorded in the said Office.
Punishment for furnishing untrue Particulars.
Punishment for unlawfully using Certificate of Registration.
Violations of this Ordinance to be misdemeanours.
Certified Copies and Extracts from Registrar General's Office.
XXX. Every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars to the Registrar General concerning any matter required to be recorded by him under this Ordinance shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Months, and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Five Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXI. Every person who shall use or attempt to use any Certificate of Registration which shall not have been duly obtained by him at the Registrar General's Office shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Months and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Ten Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXII. Every person violating any of the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a Misdemeanour and in all cases not otherwise provided for shall be liable to be fined on Summary Conviction before a Magistrate of Police not more than Thirty Dollars nor less than Five Dollars for each Offence, or in default of payment of such fine or fines to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for a period not exceeding One Month nor less than Seven Days.
XXXIII. All Copies or Extracts of or from any Register or Public Record kept in the Registrar General's Office for the purpose of this Ordinance and purporting to be Records to be received sealed with the seal of the said Office and to be certified as true Copies or Extracts by the Registrar General shall be received in Evidence in all Courts in the Colony in lieu of the originals.
Fees to be charged under this Ordinance.
Power to Governor in Council to alter Scale.
XXXIV. The several Fees specified in the Second Schedule hereto shall be charged in respect of Registration under this Ordinance.
XXXV. The Governor in Council may from time to time alter the Scale of Fees payable under this Ordinance.
Governor to make Bye-Laws.
XXXVI. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered from time to time to make such Regulations and Bye-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance.
(First Schedule.)
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
[No.]
This is to certify that [ ] has been duly registered as a Servant under the Provisions of the Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866.
Special Capacity:
(List of Employers at the Back.)
(Second Schedule.)
Registration Fee of Owner of a House, $1.00
Bond by non-resident Owner of a House, $5.00
Registration Fee of Servant, $0.28
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to Piracy and for the more effectual Suppression thereof.
Whereas Piracy has of late so greatly increased in the Vicinity of Hongkong that unless more stringent measures be adopted for its Suppression it cannot but materially affect the Interests of Trade and Commerce: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
200
Title.
295
Preamble.
I. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor.
II. The following Words and Expressions used in this Ordinance shall, in the Interpretation of Construction thereof, have, except where the Nature of the Provision or the Context shall be repugnant to such Construction, the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them (that is to say)-
The Terms "The Governor," "The Chief Justice," "The Attorney General," and "Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction" shall include the Persons for the time being exercising the said Office.
The Word "Piracy" shall include every Act of Assault, Robbery or Attempted Robbery on the High Seas or the Waters where the Supreme Court of this Colony or the Court to be hereby constituted hath or hereafter may by Imperial Enactment, Order in Council, Treaty or otherwise acquire any jurisdiction, other than within the Harbor of Victoria in this Colony, and also the Act of Cruizing on the said Seas or Waters other than within the said Harbor, without commission and with intent to rob.
The Expression "Piracy with Violence" shall include every Act of Piracy on the Water within the said Seas and Waters, other than within the Harbor of Victoria in this Colony, committed by any Person who at the time of the Commission by him of such Act shall be armed with any Offensive Weapon or Instrument, or who with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after committing, or attempting to commit such Act shall have fired at, wounded, beat, struck, assaulted or used or aided and abetted any other party in using Personal Violence to any other Person.
The Words "Piracy with Murder" shall include every Act of "Piracy" on the said Seas and Waters, other than within the Harbor of Victoria in this Colony, and where any Person shall with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after committing such Act shall have Killed and Murdered or been accessary to the Murder of any other Person.
The Word "Pirate" shall include every Person who shall have committed an Act of Piracy as above defined.
The Expression "received or taken into his Custody" shall be satisfied by proof that the Goods and Chattels alleged to have been received and taken into Custody were found in any House or Premises, or on Board any Junk, Vessel or Boat within which the Person charged shall be found and of which said Goods and Chattels he shall be unable to give a satisfactory account.
The Words "Goods and Chattels" shall include Money, Bills, Bonds, Notes and Personal Property of any kind or description whatsoever.
III. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Ordinance for the Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong) 1866."
IV. In order to bring to adjudication with as little delay and inconvenience as possible any Person who shall be charged with the Crime of Piracy or with any of the Offences hereinafter mentioned, and by this Ordinance defined, there shall be constituted in this Colony a Court of Record to be styled "The High Court of Hongkong for the Suppression of Piracy."
V. The said Court and the President thereof for the time being shall have all such Powers as are possessed by the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice respectively so far as they are necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance and Consistent with the object thereof.
Certified Copies or Extracts from Registrar General's Office 25 cents and for every folio above the first 10 cents.
VI. The said Court shall consist of the Chief Justice, the Admiral of the Station, the Senior Naval Officer for the time being at Hongkong, and Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
294
No person to engage a Servant without
Certificate of
Registration.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28ru JULY, 1866.
No Servant to engage
himself without
Certificate of
Registration,
Servant hereafter
engaging himself as such to produce Cer-
XXVII. It shall not be lawful for any Person other than a Chinese to engage and employ any Servant who shall not be provided with a Certificate of Registration."
XXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to engage himself as a Servant without being provided with a Certificate of Registration.
XXIX. Every Person who shall engage himself after the commencement of this Ordinance, as a Servant, shall within Seven Days thereafter report the same at the tificate to Begistrar Registrar General's Office and produce his Certificate of Registration for the purpose General within Seven of having the Name of his Employer endorsed thereon and recorded in the said
Days,
Punishment for furnishing untrue Particulars.
Punishment for unlawfully using
Certificate of Registration.
Violations of this Ordinance to be misdemeanours.
Certified Copies and Extracts frora
Registrar General's,
Office.
XXX. Every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars to the Registrar General concerning any matter required to be recorded by him under this Ordinance shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Months, and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Five Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXI. Every person who shall use or attempt to use any Certificate of Registration which shall not have been duly obtained by him at the Registrar General's Office shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Mouths and to a fine either in addition to ortin substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Ten Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXII. Every person violating any of the Provisions of this Ordinace shall be guilty of a Misdemeanour and in all cases not otherwise provided for shall be liable to be fined on Summary Conviction before a Magistrate of Police not more than Thirty Dollars nor less than Five Dollars for each Offence, or in default of payment of such fine or fines to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for a period not exceeding One Month nor less than Seven Days.
XXXIII. All Copies or Extracts of or from any Register or Public Record kept in the Registrar General's Office for the purpose of this Ordinance and purporting to be Records to be received sealed with the seal of the said Office and to be certified as true Copies or Extracts by the Registrar General shall be received in Evidence in all Courts in the Colony in lieu of the originals.
in Evidence.
Fees to be charged under this Ordinance.
Power to Governor in
XXXIV. The several Fees specified in the Second Schedule hereto shall be charged in respect of Registration under this Ordinance.
XXXV. The Governor in Council may from time to time alter the Scale of Council to alter Scale. Fees payable under this Ordinance.
Governor to make Bye-Laws.
XXXVI. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered from time to time to make such Regulations and Bye-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance.
(First Schedule.)
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
[No. J
This is to certify that [
] has been duly registered as a Servant under the Provisions
of the Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866.
Special Capacity:
(List of Employers at the Back.)
(Second Schedule.)
Registration Fee of Owner of a House,..
Bond by non resident Owner of a House,. Registration Fee of Servant,
$1.00
$5.00
· 30.28
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to Piracy and for the more effectual Suppression thereof.
Whereas Piracy has of late so greatly increased in the Vicinity of Hongkong that unless more stringent measures be adopted for its Suppression it cannot but materially affect the Interests of Trade and Commerce: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
200
Title.
295
Preamble.
I. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter commencement of be fixed by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor.
Ordinance.
Terms.
11. The following Words and Expressions used in this Ordinance shall, in the Interpretation of Construction thereof, have, except where the Nature of the Provision or the Context shall be repugnant to such Construction, the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them (that is to say)-
The Terms "The Governor," "The Chief Justice," "The Attorney General,' and "Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction" shall include the Persons for the time being exercising the said Office.
The Word "Piracy" shall include every Act of Assault, Robbery or Attempted Robbery on the High Seas or the Waters where the Supreme Court of this Colony or the Court to be hereby constituted hath or hereafter may by Imperial Enactinent, Order in Council, Treaty or otherwise acquire any jurisdiction, other than within the Harbor of Victoria in this Colony, and also the Act of Cruizing on the said Seas or Waters other than within the said Harbor, without commission and with intent to rob.
66
The Governor," ie,
"Piracy."
The Expression "Piracy with Violence" shall include every Act of Piracy" Piracy with on the Water within the said Seas and Waters, other than within the Harbor of Violence." Victoria in this Colony, committed by any Person who at the time of the Commis- sion by him of such Act shall be armed with any Offensive Weapon or Instrument, or who with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after committing, or attempting to commit such Act shall have fired at, wounded, beat, struck, assaulted or used or aided and abetted any other party in using Personal Violence to any other Person.
The Words "Piracy with Murder" shall include every Act of "Piracy" on the "Piracy with said Seas and Waters, other than within the Harbor of Victoria in this Colony, Murder.” and where any Person shall with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after committing such Act shall have Killed and Murdered or been accessary to the Murder of any other Person.
The Word "Pirate" shall include every Person who shall have committed an«<Pirate." Act of Piracy as above defined.
The Expression "received or taken into his Custody" shall be satisfied by proof" Receive or take into that the Goods and Chattels alleged to have been received and taken into Custody his Custody,” were found in any House or Premises, or on Board any Junk, Vessel or Boat within which the Person charged shall be found and of which said Goods and Chattels he shall be unable to give a satisfactory account.
The Words "Goods and Chattels" shall include Money, Bills, Bonds, Notes "Goods and Chattels," and Personal Property of any kind or description whatsoever.
III. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Ordinance for the Short Title of Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong) 1866.”
Ordinance.
a Court to be
IV. In order to bring to adjudication with as little delay and inconvenience as Jurisdiction in Piracy, possible any Person who shall be charged with the Crime of Piracy or with any of the to be exercised by Offences hereinafter mentioned, and by this Ordinance defined, there shall be constituted tated for the Purpose. in this Colony a Court of Record to be styled "The High Court of Hongkong for the Suppression of Piracy."
V. The said Court and the President thereof for the time being shall have all such Powers of Court and
Certified Copies or Extracts from Registrar General's Office 25 cents and for every folio above the finowers as are possessed by the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice respectively so ar as they are necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance and Consistent with the object thereof.
10 cents.
President.
VI. The said Court shall consist of the Chief Justice, the Admiral of the Station, Constitution of Court. the Senior Naval Officer for the time being at Hongkong, and Judge of the Court
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.