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538

Report of the Acting Attorney General

upon

Ordinance No. 4 of 1872 entitled

"An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain cases."

The object for which this Ordinance was passed is fully expressed in the Preamble:

Two great difficulties are encountered in dealing with crime in this Colony (1) arising from the lenity of punishments as compared with the severe penalties exacted by Chinese laws and (2) the difficulty the police find in recognizing old offenders who

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538 Report of the Acting Attorney General upon Ordinance No. 4 of 1872 entitled "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain cases." The object for which this Ordinance was passed is fully expressed in the Preamble: Two great difficulties are encountered in dealing with crime in this Colony (1) arising from the lenity of punishments as compared with the severe penalties exacted by Chinese laws and (2) the difficulty the police find in recognizing old offenders who
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538

Report of the Acting Altermey General

upon

Ordinance N4 of 1872 entitled .

An Ordinance enacted by

Council

the Governor

of Hongsting with the advice of the Legistative beamcil thereof, to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain

A

cases."

The object for which this Ordinance was

pased is fully expressed in the Preamble:

Two great difficulties excountered

in dealing with

Colony

our

crime in this

arice (1) from the benity of:

punishments

the severe penalties

as

compared with

penalties exacted by Chinese laws and (2) the difficulty the police

find in recognizing old offenders who

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