CO129-399 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [1-2] — Page 73

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Enclosure 4.

A BILL

entitled

An Ordinance to prohibit the importation and circulation of

certain Foreign Coins.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council there of, as follows:-

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreign Silver Coin

Ordinance 1913.

In this Ordinance:-

2. "Foreign silver coin" means any coin composed wholly or

partly of silver other than those coins specified in Her Majesty's Order-in-Council dated the second day of February, 1895, and published in the Gazette of the thirtieth day of

March, 1895.

3. The importation into or circulation in this Colony of any Foreign silver or nickel coin is prohibited.

4. Any persong who imports or attempts to import into this Colony any Foreign silver or nickel coin shall be guilty of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance and shall be liable on sumary conviction to a fine not exceeding

one thousand dollars.

5. Any person who circulates or attempts to circulate any Foreign silver or nickel coin in this Colony shall be guilty of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceed- -ing fifty dollars.

6. Any person who shall be found in this Colony to be in possession of any foreign silver or nickel coin the face value of the agregate of wich exceeds fifty dollars shall be guilty of an offence against the provisions of this Ordi- -nance and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the face value of the aggregate of the coin so found in his possession.

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