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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 31, 1918..

Forfeiture.

(2.) Where any written or printed matter or picture which appears to such police officer or to his assistants to be of an indecent, obscene, revolting, or offensive nature, is contained in any newspaper, book, magazine, or pamphlet, it shall be lawful for such police officer and his assistants to take possession of the whole of such newspaper, book, magazine, or pamphlet.

7.—(1.) Any written or printed matter, or picture, figure, or other thing, taken possession of under any warrant issued under the provisions of section 6 of this Ordinance, shall forthwith be taken before a magistrate to be disposed of according to law.

(2.) It shall be lawful for a magistrate to order to be forfeited any written or printed matter, or any picture, figure, or other thing, which appears to him to be of an indecent, obscene, revolting, or offensive nature.

(3.) If any written or printed matter or picture which appears to a magistrate to be of an indecent, obscene, revolting, or offensive nature, is contained in any newspaper, book, magazine, or pamphlet, any order of forfeiture made under the provisions of this section may include the forfeiture of the whole of such news- paper, book, magazine, or pamphlet.

(4.) Every thing which is ordered to be forfeited under the provisions of this section may be disposed of in such manner as a magistrate shall direct.

(5.) If any written or printed matter, or picture, figure, or other thing, which appears to a magistrate to be of an indecent, obscene, revolting, or offensive nature, is affixed to or painted upon any building, it shall be lawful for such magistrate to order the owner or occupier of such building to remove or efface such written or printed matter, or picture, figure, or other thing, and if the person against whom the order is made fails to comply with the said order within such time as may be limited by such magistrate, it shall be lawful for a magistrate by order under his hand, to empower any police officer, with such assistants as may be necessary, to enter and if necessary to break into or forcibly enter such building, and to remove or efface such written or printed matter, or picture, figure, or other thing.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of May, 1918.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 31st day of May, 1918.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

PNG