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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.

Making by directors, etc., of

fraudulent

statements.

24 & 25

Vict. c. 96, S. 84.

No person

from answer-

37. Every person who, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, makes, circulates, or publishes, or concurs in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he knows to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to en- trust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years.

38. Nothing in any of sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 or 37 to be exempt of this Ordinance shall enable or entitle any person to refuse ing questions to make a full and complete discovery, or to answer any in any court.

question or interrogatory in any civil proceeding in any court, or on the hearing of any matter in bankruptcy or insolvency.

24 & 25

Vict. c. 96,

s. 85.

Saving of

remedies at

law or in

equity.

24 & 25

39. Nothing in any of sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 or 38 of this Ordinance, nor any proceeding, conviction, or judgment to be had or taken thereon against any person under any of the said sections, shall prevent, lessen, or Vict. c. 96, impeach any remedy at law or in equity which any party aggrieved by any offence against any of the said sections might have had if this Ordinance had not been passed; but

s. 86.

Robbery.

6 & 7 Geo. 5,

c. 50, s. 23.

(cf. No. 3 of 1903).

Sacrilege.

6 & 7 Geo. 5,

c. 50, s. 24.

no

conviction of any such offender shall be received in evidence in any action against him; and nothing in the said sections shall affect or prejudice any agreement entered into or security given by any trustee, having for its object the restoration or repayment of any trust property misappro- priated.

Robbery, house-breaking, etc.

40. (1) Every person who-

(a) being armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or being together with one other person or more, robs, or assaults with intent to rob, any person;

(b) robs any person and, at the time of or immediately before or immediately after such robbery, uses any personal violence to any person;

shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for life, and, in addition, if a male, to be once privately whipped.

(2) Every person who robs any person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years.

(3) Every person who assaults any person with intent to rob shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years.

41. Every person who-

(1) breaks and enters any place of divine worship and commits any felony therein; or

(2) breaks out of any place of divine worship, having committed any felony therein;