may be lawful for any of Her Majesty's Consuls to cause any British subject who shall have been twice convicted before him of any crime or offence and punished for the-same, and who after execution of the sentence of the Consul on any second con- viction shall not be able to find good and sufficient security to the satisfaction of the Consul for his future good behaviour, to be sent out of the dominions of the Emperor of China; and to this end any such Consul as aforesaid shall have power and authori- ty, as soon as inay be practicable after execution of the sentence on such second con- viction, to send any such twice convicted party to the Colony of Hongkong, and meanwhile to detain him in custody, until a suitable opportunity for sending him out of the said dominious shall present itself; and any person so to be sent out of the said dominions as aforesaid shall be embarked in custody on board one of Her Majesty's vessels of war, or if there should be no such vessel of war available for such purpose, then on board any British vessel, bound to Hongkong, and it shall be lawful for the com- mander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or of any British vessel bound to Hong- kong, to receive any such person as aforesaid under a warrant from the Consul addressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the Colony of Hongkong, and there- upon to convey him in custody to Hongkong, and on his arrival there to deliver him with the said warrant into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other officer of Her Majesty within the said Colony lawfully acting as such, who on, the receipt of the said warrant and of the party therein named, shall be authorized to commit and shall commit such party to the common gaol of the said Coloay, to be there detained in custody subject to the directions of the Chief Superintendent for any period not exceeding three months; and any such party so embarked on board any of Her Majesty's ships of war or any British vessel bound to Hongkong for con- veyance in custody to Hougkong shall be conveyed to Hongkong in the same manner as if he were a distressed British subject, unless he shall be willing and able himself to defray the expenses of his passage to Hongkong.
Consuls may in | certain cases award deportation on first
conviction.
XXI. And it is further ordered, That in any case in which any British subject shall be accused before any of Her Majesty's Consuls of the crime of arson, or house-breaking, or cutting and maiming, or stabbing, or wounding, or assault en- dangering life, or of causing any bodily injury dangerous to life, the proceedings before the Consul shall be carried on with the aid of assessors convened in the man- ner aforesaid; and it shall be lawful for the Cousul, if to him it shall seem fit, to cause any person convicted before him of any of the crimes af resaid, over and above fine or imprisonment which may be awarded to such person, to be sent out of the dominions of the Emperor of China and to the Colony of Hongkong in the man- ner pointed out in the next preceeding Article of this Order, notwithstanding the crime laid to the charge of such person may be the first of which he has been convic-. ted before the Consul.
any
Consuls may require
XXII. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful British subjects to for any of Her Majesty's Consuls within the dominions of the give security to keep Emperor of China, upon information laid before him by one or the peace.
more credible witnesses that there is reasonable ground to appre- hend that any British subject is about to commit a breach of the public peace, to cause such British subject to be brought before him, and to require such British subject to give sufficient security to keep the peace; and in the event of any British subject being convicted of and punished for a breach of the peace, to cause such British subject after he shall have undergone the punishment which may have been awarded to him by the Consul, to find security for his good behaviour; and in the event of any British subject who may be required as aforesaid to give sufficient security to keep the peace, or to find security for his good behaviour, being unable or wilfully omitting to do so, then
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