CO129-592-16 Future policy- interpretation proclamation 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945 — Page 7

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PART VI

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Obstaction of pwlic officers and

members of

the Forces

The penalty of

imprisonment

17.

Unless express provision in that behalf is made by any Ordinance or other enactment, every person who, by force or violence, resists, opposes, molests, hinders, or obstructs any public officer or member of the Forces in the performance of his duty, or any person lawfully acting in aid or assistance of any such public officer or member of the Forces, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

18. (1) Where under any enactment now in force, or under any future enactment, a court sentences a person convicted of an offence for which the penalty of imprisonment is provided, the court may, unless such enact- ment provides that the imprisonment shall be without hard labour, inflict imprisonment with or without hard labour: Provided that where a sentence of imprisonment is imposed for more than two years it shall always be with hard labour,

(2) Under any enactment now in force, or under any future enactment, a court may, unless the contrary is expressly provided by such enactment, after conviction of any person of an offence, award a sentence for less than the period, or less than the fine, specified in the enactment, as the case may be.

Signed at

this

day of

in the Colony of Hong Kong

194..