CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 395

country, and fleeing to Hong Kong, or to British Ships shall if discovered by British officen be handed over at once. It also stipulated that if before auch discovery by British officers, Chinese officials learned that Chinese criminals had taken refuge here, then a communication should be made to an English Officer, who should search for and seire, and on proof, admission of guilt, deliver up the offender. The Ordinance therefore enacted,

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or

"If a complaint, information, or communication by a Chinese Officer be made of forwarded to a Magistrate desiring the arrest of a refugee criminal,

or qud of it appear in the

and course of an investigation before

Magistrate that

any person

being

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being a subject of China has committed a crime or offence against the Cawo, it shall be lawful for a Magistrate to issue his warrant

for

the arrest of such refugee criminal,

and 3rd If such criminal is already in custody it shall be lawful to detain Mim and in any of the three cases it shall be lawful for the Magistrate "to investigate the alleged crime or offence in the same manner, " as if such person

charged.

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were

with a crime or indictable

offence committed within the "Colony"

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By sections of the Ordinance, the Governor may issue his warrant, or order, to any Magistrate, or Gaoler, or officer of Police, for the apprehension, detention, examination, transmission.