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he shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or, alternatively, in the case of goods for export, treble the value of the goods, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, unless he proves that he had taken all reason ble steps to ascertain the truth of the statements made or contained in any document so presented or produced or to satisfy himself of the genu- ineness of the guarantee, certificate or undertaking.

5 & 6 Geo. 5. e. 52, s. 2.

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3. Where a person has been authorised under section Penalty for 3 of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, mutilation of

documents. as amended by section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy &c. Third Amendment Ordinance. 1915, to inspect the books and documents of any person, firm, or company, and any book or document is found by him to have been destroyed, mutilated, or falsified, any person having or having bad Ordinances control of such book or document shall be guilty of a 1914 and 28 misdemeanour and liable to the same punishment as if he of 1915. had been guilty of trading with the enemy unless he proves that the destruction, mutilation, or falsification was not intended for the purpose of concealing any transaction which would constitute an offence of trading with the enemy, or that the destruction, mutilation, or falsification was committed without his knowledge or comivance.

Objects and Reasons.

The object of this bill is to introduce here the provisious of sections 1 and 2 of the Trading with the Enemy and Export of Prohibited Goods Act, 1916, 6 & 7 Geo. 3, c. 52.

Section 3 of that Act is not required here in view of the provisions of the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, Ordinance No. 32 of 1915.

16th April, 1917,

A BILL

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to repeal the North Borneo

Extradition Ordinance, 1896.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the North Borneo Short title. Extradition Ordinauce, 1917.

2. The North Borneo Extradition Ordinance, 1896, is Repeal of hereby repealed.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1896.

Objects and Reasons.

The Straits Settlements and Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council, 1916, which was made by virtue of the provisions of the Fugitive Offenders (Pro- tected States) Act, 1915, provides that the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, is to apply as if the State of North Borneo were a British possession. This Order in Council, which was published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 15th December, 1916, was brought into force on the 1st February, 1917, by the necessary notification under Article 1. This notification was published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 27th April, 1917. In consequence of the above legislation the North Borneo Extradition Ordinance, 1896, Ordinance No. 1 of 1896 of the Ordinances of Hougkong, is no louger necessary, and this bill accordingly repeals it.

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General,

25th April, 1917.