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7. This Ordinance shall not exempt any person from Provisions of any indictment or proceeding for any offence which is Ordinance punishable at common law or by Ordinance other than empt from this Ordinance, but no person shall be punished twice for proceedings the same criminal act.

under other provisions of Law. cf. 46 Vict. c. 3 s. 7 (4).

Objects and Reasons.

The object of this Bill is to strengthen the power of the Law in dealing with persons who cause explosions likely to endanger life or to cause damage to property; as also with those persons who attempt such dastardly out-

rages,

The Bill further enables the Law to cope with persons who manufacture or possess explosives with evil intent or with no lawful excuse and under sinister circumstances.

JOHN A. BUCKnill, Attorney General.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 225.—Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.

Place or Port.

Nature of Measures.

Orissa.

Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals

from Hongkong.

Date.

Reference to Govern. ment Noti-

fication.

18th April, 1913. No. S. 110.

Netherlands

India.

Burmah.

Chittagong. Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague

by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong.

Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :—(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily usc, used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal. (2) rags. Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of new paper, are not considered as rags.

Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.

Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul General at Hongkong.

Singapore. Hongkong declared an infected port on account of Plague.

18th April, 1913. No. S. 111.

18th April, 1913. No. S. 112.

23rd May, 1913. | No. S. 147.

18th July, 1913. No. S. 217.

No. S. 226-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.

Disease.

Port or Place.

Restrictions in Force.

Authority.

Small-pox.

Iloilow.

Medical examination; quarantine at the discre- Proclamation No. 1 dated

tion of the Health Officer.

3rd January, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

25th July, 1913.

Colonial Secretary.