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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH APRIL, 1896.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 113.

The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, are published.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1896.

Title.

Preamble.

Title.

Preamble.

Short title.

Construction.

Justice of Peace may issue search warrant for counterfeit

evin or instru- ments for

coining, and

coin or instru-

ments may be seized and persons Arrested.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Lee Shew ().

(李壽),

WHEREAS LEE SHEW (3), a native of Sun

Ning() district, in the province of Kwang Tung (), in the Empire of Chiua, is now carrying on business as the managing partner in the Kwong Mi Yuen ( Firm at No. 46, Wing Lok Street, in this Colony, and as a partner in the Yee Sang Lung (4) Firm at No. 77, Wing Lok Street aforesaid, and whereas LEE SHEW () has continually resided in this Colony for the last seven years and has declared his intention of residing here permanently, and has petitioned to be naturalized as a British subject within the limits of this Colony, and whereas it is expedient that he should be so naturalized:

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

LEE SHEW() shall be and he is hereby natural- ized a British subject within this Colony, and shall enjoy therein, but not elsewhere, all the rights, advantages and privileges of a British subject, on his taking the Oath of Allegiance under The Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to provide for the issue of search warrants in the case of suspected Coinage Offences.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with dot

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Coinage Offences Amendment Ordinance, 1896.

2. This Ordinance shall be read and construed with Ordinance 10 of 1865.

3. Whenever it shall appear to any Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has been concerned in counterfeiting the Queen's current gold, silver, or copper coin, or any such foreign or other coin as in Ordinance 10 of 1865 mentioned, or has in his custody or possession or under his control, in any building, vessel or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever, adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting auy such coin, such Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police Officer, empower such Officer by day or by night :-

(1) To cuter and, if necessary, to break into such building, vessel, or place, and therein to search for and seize any such false or counterfeit coin, and any such instrument, tool, or engine, and any such machine as aforesaid.

(2) To arrest every person being in such building, vessel, or place, who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or machine in his custody or possession, or under his control, and to bring every such person before a Magis- trate to be dealt with accordingly to law.

F. J. BADELEY, Acting Clerk of Councils.