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FORM No. 40.
[s. 45.
Warrant of distress on conviction for fine, with or without costs or damages, or for costs or damages without fine,
HONG KONG.
IN THE POLICE COURT AT
To [insert name, etc., of officer where the person executing is not a constable and to each and all of the constables of the said Colony.
C.D. (hereinafter called the defendant) was on the
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19 day of
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19
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at
day of
convicted before the said court for that he, on the [state offence]; and it was adjudged that the defendant should for his said offence forfeit and pay* [amount of fine], and should also pay to the said
the sum of
for compensation and
for costs and it was ordered that the said sums should be paid [etc., as in the conviction]; and that if default should be made in payment according to the said adjudication and order, the sum due thereunder should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods; and default has been made in payment according to the said adjudication and order: Therefore you are hereby commanded forthwith to make distress of the goods of the defendant (except the wearing apparel and bedding of him and his family, and, to the value of twenty-five dollars, the tools and implements of his trade); and if, within the space off days next after the making of such distress, the sum of being the sum stated at the foot of this warrant to be due under the said adjudication and order, together with the reasonable costs and charges of the making and keeping of the said distress be not paid, then to sell the said goods by you distrained, and pay the money arising therefrom to the magistrates' clerk, in order that it may be applied according to law, and that the overplus, if any, may be ren- dered on demand to the defendant: and if no such distress can be found, to certify the same to the said court, in order that further pro- ceedings may be had according to law.
Dated this
[L.S.]
Amount adjudged,...... Paid,
day of
19
(Signed.)
Magistrate.
C.
Remaining due,...
Costs of issuing warrant,
Total amount to be levied,
$
*Omit direction as to payment of fine, or compensation, or costs, as the case may require.
N.B.-The goods are not to be sold until after the end of five clear days next following the day on which they are seized, unless the defendant consents or unless the goods are perishable.
FORM No. 41.
[s. 45.]
Warrant of distress on an order for the payment of any sum of money. IN THE POLICE COURT AT
HONG KONG.
To [insert name, etc., of officer where the person executing is not a constable] and to each and all of the constables of the said Colony.
On the
day of
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19 it was adjudged and ordered by the undersigned, [or J.P., Esquire,] a magistrate of the said Colony, that C.D. (hereinafter called the defendant) should pay to
the sum of
and the sum of
costs [or as the case may be], on or before the
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for day of
19 [or as ordered]; and that, if default should be made in payment according to the said adjudication and order, the sum due thereunder should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods; and default has been made in payment according to the said adjudication and order: Therefore you are hereby commanded [proceed as in warrant of distress on conviction for fine.}
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