L.S.
HONG KONG.
No. 8 OF 1931.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
Governor.
2nd April, 1931.
An Ordinance to amend further the law relating
to Larceny.
[2nd April, 1931.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Larceny Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1931.
2. The following heading and section are inserted Insertion of in the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, immediately after new s. 78A.
in Ordinance section 78 thereof:-
No. 5 of 1865.
Obtaining credit by fraud, etc.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 62, s. 13. Ordinance No. 7 of 1891, s. 82 (5).
16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 7, s. 6.
Obtaining Credit by Fraud, etc.
78A. Any person shall in each of the cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding one year, that is to say:
(a) if in incurring any debt or liability he has obtained credit under false pretences or by means of any other fraud; or
(b) if with intent to defraud his credi- tors or any of them, he has made or caused to be made any gift or transfer of, or charge on,
his pro- perty; or
(c) if with intent to defraud his credi- tors, he has concealed or removed any part of his property since, or within two months before, the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money ob- tained against him; or
(d) if with intent to defraud his creditors or any of them, he has caused or connived at the levying of any execution against his pro- perty.
3. Paragraphs (a) (b) and (c) in section 82 (5) of Repeal of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, are repealed.
paragraphs (a) (b) and
(c) in s. 82 (5) of Ord- inance No. 7
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this of 1891. 2nd day of April, 1931.
N. L. SMITH, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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