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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.

Receiving,

c. 50, s. 33.

Receiving stolen property.

51.-(1) Every person who receives any property know- 6 & 7 Geo. 5, ing the same to have been stolen or obtained in any way what- soever under circumstances which amount to felony or mis- demeanor, shall be guilty of an offence of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanor) and on conviction thereof liable-

(cf. No. 3 of 1903).

Receivers of stolen pro- perty, where

is punishable

(a) in the case of felony, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years;

(b) in the case of misdemeanor, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years;

(c) in either case, if a male under the age of sixteen years, to be once privately whipped in addition to any other punishment to which he may by law be liable.

(2) Every such person may be indicted and convicted, whether the principal offender has or has not been previously convicted, or is or is not amenable to justice.

(3) Every person who, without lawful excuse, knowing the same to have been stolen or obtained in any way whatsoever under such circumstances that if the act had been committed in this Colony the person committing it would have been guilty of felony or misdemeanor, receives or has in his possession any property so stolen or obtained outside the Colony, shall be guilty of an offence of the like degree (whether felony or mis- demeanor) and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years.

52. Where the stealing or taking of any property what- soever is by this Ordinance punishable on summary conviction, the first either for every offence, or for the first and second offence offence, etc., only, or for the first offence only, every person who receives on summary any such property, knowing the same to be unlawfully come by, shall upon summary conviction be liable, for every first, second, or subsequent offence of receiving, to the same punish- ment to which a person guilty of a first, second, or subsequent offence of stealing or taking such property is by this Ordinance made liable.

conviction.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 97.

Corruptly taking a

reward.

c. 50, s. 34.

Offences relating to rewards.

been

53. Every person who corruptly takes any money or re- ward, directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of 6 & 7 Geo. 5, helping any person to recover any property which has, under

circumstances which amount to felony or misdemeanor, stolen or obtained in any way whatsoever, or received, shall (unless he has used all due diligence to cause the offender to be brought to trial for the same) be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, to be once privately whipped in addition to any other punishment to which he may by law be liable.

(cf. No. 3 of 1903).

Advertising a reward

for return

of stolen or lost

54. Every person who-

(1) publicly advertises a reward for the return of any property whatsoever which has been stolen or lost, and in such advertisement uses any words purporting that no questions Vict. c. 96, will be asked; or

property.

24 & 25

s. 102.

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