ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1865
Criminal Enactments Repeal
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2. The Ordinances mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be repealed to the Extent specified in the said Schedule.
3. Provided, that every Offence, which shall have been wholly or partly committed before this Ordinance come into Operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined and punished, and every Penalty in respect of any such Offence shall be recovered in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Act duly done, and every Warrant or Other Instrument duly made or granted before this Ordinance comes into Operation shall continue and be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Right, Liability, Privilege, and Protection in respect of any Matter or Thing committed or done before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue to be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Action, Prosecution, and other Proceeding which shall have been commenced before this Ordinance comes into Operation, or shall thereafter be commenced, in respect of any such Matter or Thing, may be prosecuted, continued, and defended in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed.
SCHEDULE
Title Extent of Repeal An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in Force in this Colony. So much as relates to the whole of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 4. An Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in Force in the Colony of Hongkong. 9 Vict. c. 47, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 25, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 63, and relates to Sections One, Two, Three, Four, Eight, and Nine of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19. An Ordinance for the Amendment of Procedure in Civil and Criminal Cases. So much as relates to Sections One, Two, and Three of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 46. An Ordinance to amend the law relating to Cheques, or Draft on Bankers, and to amend the Law of false Pretences. So much as relates to Section One of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 30. An Ordinance to make better Provision for the Punishment of Frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers, and other Persons Intrusted with Property. The whole. An Ordinance to amend the Form in which Sentence of Death is passed. The whole.Page 613
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ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1866
Hongkong and Shanghae Bank
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Incorporation of the Hongkong and Shanghae Banking Corporation.
[14th August, 1866]
WHEREAS the several Persons hereinafter named and others have agreed to form a Joint Stock Company under the name or style of "The Hongkong and Shanghae Banking Corporation," for the purpose of carrying on the business of Banking and of conducting all business usually transacted by Bankers...
I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Hongkong and Shanghae Bank Ordinance."
II. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance, the Expression "The Governor" shall mean His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, or the Officer for the time being administering the Government of the said Colony...
III. The Honorable John Dent, the Honorable Thomas Grant of Sutherland, Albert Farley Heard, Esquire, George Francis Maclean, Esquire, Douglas Lapraik, Esquire, Woldemar Nissen, Esquire, Arthur Sassoon, Esquire, George John Helland, Esquire, Pallantee Framjee, Esquire, Henry William Wood, Esquire, and Caleb Taitor Smith, Esquire, together with such and so many other Persons and bodies politic and corporate as now are, or shall hereafter become Proprietors of any Share or Shares of or in the Capital, for the time being, of the Company hereby established, shall be one body politic and corporate, in name and in deed, by the name...
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ORDINANCE No. 11. OF 1865.
Criminal Enactments Repeal.
of this Ordinance, be so construed as not to include as of Forge in ths Colony any Acts or Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament No. 2. of 1846, made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Forty-three, and which are enumerated in the Schedule annexed to the Act of the Session of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Ninety- five, and which said Acts or Parts of Acts are thereby repealed.
IL The Ordinances mentioned in the Schedule befoto annexed shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be re- pealed to the Extent specified in the said Schedule
Ordinances in Schedule repealed. Previous Sec- tions not to
&c., enmmitted before the Commence- ment of this Ordinsice.
IIL Provided, that every Offence, which shall have been wholly or partly committed before this Ordinance come into Operation, affect Offences, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determiffed and punished, and every Penalty in respect of any such Offence shall be reco- vered in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that very Act duly done, and every Warrant or Other Instrument daly made or granted before this Ordinance comes into Operation shall continue and be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Right, Liability, Privilege, and Protection in respect of any Matter or Thing committed or done before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue to be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Action, Prosecution, and other Précceding which shall have been commenced before this Ordinance comes into Operation, or shall thereafter bo commenced, in respect of any such Matter or Thing, may be prosecuted, continued, and defended in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not Been passed.
OrBuance.
No. 3. of 1854
No. $. of 1855.
Nu. 5. of 3860.
No. 4. of 1880€
No. 9. of $60.
No 42, of 1862.
SCHEDULE.
Title.
Au Ordinance to declare serlain Acta of the Imperial Parliament to be in Fored in this Colony.
Af Ordinance to declare certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in Force in the Colony of Hongkong. An Ordinuave for the Amendment of Procedure in Civil and Criminal Cases.
An Ordinance to amend the law re- lating to Cheques, or Draft on Bankers, and to amend the Law of falso Pretencos.
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Extent of Repeal.
So much as relates to the
"whole of 7 & 8 Vick, 6. 4.
9 Vict. c. 47, 9 & 10 Vict. c25, 10 & 11 Vict, o. 63, and ns'relates to Sections One, Two Three, Four, Eight, and Nine of 14 & 18 Vice, c. 19.
So much is relates to Sections
Ove, Tea, and Threeofii & 12 Viob. 46.
So much abgelates to Section
One of 18 17 Vict. c. 30.
The whole.
An Ordinance to make better Provi- The whole.
sion for the Punishment of Frauds
committed by Trustees, Bankers,
and other Persous Intrusted withi
Property.
An Ordinance to amend the Form in The whole.
which Sentence of Death is passed.
No. 12.
ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1866.
Hongkong and Shanghae Bank.
No. 5 OF 1866.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Incorporation of the Hongkong and Shanghae Banking Corporation.
[14th August, 1866.] THEREAS the several Persons hereinafter named and others
Whave agreed to form a Joint Stock Company under the name
or style of "The Hongkong and Shanghae Bauking Corporation," for the purpose of carrying on the business of Banking and of con- ducting all business usually transacted by Bankers: And Whereas for the purpose of establishing and carrying o on the said undertaking they have agreed that a Capital of Five Millions of Dollars divided into Forty thousand Shares of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars each shall be raised in the first instance with power to increase such Capital to the extent and in manner hereinafter mentioned: And Whereas the said several Persons have for some time been carrying on the business of Bankers as an un-registered and un-incorporated Company: And Whereas for the better ac- complishing and carrying into effect the object and purposes of the said Company they have applied to His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong to grant to them and all other the Subscribers of such Capital au Ordinance of Incorporation, which His said Excelleney the Governor has consented and agreed to do, under and subject to the conditions, restrictions, and provisions hereinafter contained: Be it therefore enacted by flis said Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
Title.
Preamble.
I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Short Title. Hongkong and Shanghae Bank Ordinance.”
II. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance, the Expression "The Interpretation Governor" shall mean lis Excellency the Governor of the Colony of Terms. of Hongkong, or the Officer for the time being adininistering the Government of the said Colony; and the Expression "The Con- pany" shall mean "The Hongkong and Shanghac Banking Cor- paration;" and the Expression The Colony" shall mean the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies."
III. The Honorable John Dent, the Honorable Thomas Grant of Sutherland, Albert Farley Heard, Esquire, George Francis Maclean, tucorporation. Esquire, Douglas Lapraik, Esquire, Woldemar Nissen, Esquire, Arthur Sassoon, Esquire, George John Helland, Esquire, Palantee Framjee, Esquire, Henry William Wood, Esquire, and Caleb Tangior Smith, Esquire, together with such and so many other Persons and bodies politic and corporate as now are, or shall hereafter become Proprietors of any Share or Shares of or in the Capital, for the time being, of the Company hereby established, shall be one body politic and corporate, in name and in deed, by the name
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