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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1932.
FORM NO. 42.
Warrant of distress for costs on a conviction where the
HONG KONG.
offence is punishable by imprisonment.
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., of was, on the
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[labourer,] (hereinafter called the defendant) day of
convicted before the said court for that [state the offence as in the conviction], and it was adjudged that the defendant for his said offence should be im- prisoned in a prison in the said Colony [and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
; and it was also adjudged that the defendant should pay to the said A.B. the sum of
for his costs in that behalf; and it was ordered that if the said sum of for costs should not be paid [forthwith], the same should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods and chattels; and it was adjudged that, in default of sufficient distress in that behalf, the defendant should be imprisoned in a prison [and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
; to commence at and from the termination of his imprisonment aforesaid, unless the said sum for costs, and all costs and charges of the said distress, should be sooner paid; but the defendant having made default in the payment of the said sum of
for costs: These are, therefore, to command you, in His Majesty's name, that you forthwith make dis- tress of the defendant's goods and chattels, and if, within the space of days next after the making of such distress the said last- mentioned sumi, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained, and pay the money arising from such sale to the magistrates' clerk that he may pay the same as by law directed, and may render the overplus, if any, on demand, to the defendant, and, if no such distress can be found, that then you certify the same to the said court, in order that further proceedings may be had according to law,
Dated this
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[L.S.]
day of
(Signed.)
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Magistrate.
FORM No 43.
[8. 50.]
Warrant of distress for costs on an order where the disobeying of the order is punishable with imprisonment.
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.
day of
1
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On the
19 complaint was made before the undersigned [or J.P., Esquire,] a magistrate of the said Colony, for that [etc.. as in the order] and on the
day of 19 at
the said parties having appeared before me, for the said J. P., Esquire, or as it may be in the order] upon consideration of the matter of the said complaint, it was adjudged that the defendant should [etc., as in the order]; and that if, upon a copy of the minute of that order being served on the defendant either personally or by leaving the same for him at his last or most usual place of abode he should refuse or neglect to obey the same, the defendant for such his disobedience should be imprisoned in a prison in the said Colony (and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
unless the said order should be sooner obeyed; and also that the defendant should pay to the said A.B, the sum of for his costs in that behalf: and it was ordered that if the said sum for costs should not be paid forthwith]; the same should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods and chattels; and it was adjudged that in default of sufficient distress in that. behalf the de- feudunt should be imprisoned in a prison [and there kept to hard, labour for the space of
to commence at and from the termination of his imprisonment aforesaid unless the said sum for costs, and all costs and charges of the said distress, should be sooner
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