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Section

of new Ordinance.

1607

Table of Correspondence,--Continued.

Section of Corres-

Ordinance ponding

No. 5 of

1865.

English provision.

Remarks.

8

15

B 21

9

16

B 22

10

17

B 23

11

12

B 24

12

17 A

B 26

13

20

20

A 6 B 29

14

19. 21

A

7

B 30 B 28

133 $

15

16

17

18

B 27

22, 23,1 24 (3)

ditions; with a standard max- imum fine of $250, where this figure approximates to the Eng- lish maximum.

Fine raised to $250 = £20; "in Eng- land" omitted in s.s. (1) (a), as the words "common law' have the same meaning in Hong Kong as in England.

"fine" for "pecuniary penalty" in

s.s. (2).

Fine raised to $25 £2; "in Eng-

land omitted (v. s. 8 (supra)).

Simplified to meet local conditions.

As enacted by No. 14 of 1925; amended to make dredging for oysters a summary offence. Old s. 17A (1) omitted-oysters being now things capable of being stolen under new s. 2 (supra).

English provisions combined; and see new s. 63 (post); Old s. 20 (2) omitted-v. No. 17 of 1919, First Schedule r. 3; "at law or suit in equity" omitted as surplusage.

English provisions combined; "takes from its place of deposit for the time being, or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, or unlawfully and maliciously' omitted from old s. 21, restored; old s. 21 (2) omitted (v. note to new s. 13 supra).

"steals or omitted (v. new s. 4).

A 8 See note to s. 7 (supra); "bamboo" added after "sapling" in new

24

B 33

s.s. (2).

s.s. (3) of old s. 24 omitted (v. new s. 16), the corresponding English provision having been repealed by the 1916 Act; See note to s. 7 (supra); in new s.s. (1), "bam- boo" added after "sapling", and the fine raised to $250, for con- formity with s. 19; with the alternative of not more than three months' imprisonment. In this and the following four sections the wording has been slightly amended for uniformity on the lines of the 1916 Act. The maximum punishment of six months in old s. 24 (2) is retain- ed in new s.s. (2) as adequate to local conditions, instead of 12 months in the 1861 Act.