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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JULY, 1899.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 293.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :—

Ordinance No. 10 of 1890.—-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the Law relating to the Jurisdiction of Magistrates and the procedure and practice before Magistrates in relation to offences punishable on summary conviction and to indictable offences before Magistrates and for other purposes.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1890.

Title.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

(42 d 43 V. c. 49, s. 48.)

(Ibid., ■. 49.)

No. 10 of 1890.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the Law relating to the Jurisdic- tion of Magistrates and the procedure and practice before Magistrates in relation to offences punishable on summary conviction and to indictable offences before Magistrates and for other purposes.

LS

F. FLEMING,

Officer Administering the Government.

[11th July, 1890.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

Badvice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:

PART I. Preliminary.

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Magistrates Ordinance, 1890.

2. In the interpretation of this Ordinance unless the context be repugnant thereto or inconsistent therewith the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned shall have and include the meanings and applications following:-

Court means the Supreme Court.

Full Court means the Chief Justice and Puisne Judge

sitting together.

Judge means a Judge of the Court,

Registrar means the Registrar or either of the Deputy

Registrars of the Court.

Magistrate means a Police Magistrate. Indictable Offence means any crime or offence for

which a Magistrate is authorised or empowered to commit the accused to prison for trial before the Court.

Offence punishable summarily or on summary conviction means any crime or offence which a Magistrate is empowered to deal with summarily. Civil debt means any sum of money claimed to be due which is recoverable under this Ordinance or any past or future Ordinance or Statute before a Magis- trate or before a Justice or Justices of the Peace upon complaint and not on information.

Oath includes affirmation and declaration. Counsel means any Barrister, Advocate or Solicitor having the right of audience before any Court in the Colony.

The Magistrate's clerk includes (where there is more than one of such clerks) either or any of such clerks or such other person as a Magistrate from time to time directs to do any thing required by this Ordinance to be done by the Magistrate's clerk. Prescribed means prescribed or provided by any Ordi- nance or Statute in force in the Colony which relates to any offences, penalties, fines, costs, sums of money, orders, proceedings or matters to the punishment, recovery, making or conduct of which this Ordinance expressly or impliedly applies or may be applied.

Past Ordinance or Statute means any Ordinance or

Act of Parliament now in force in the Colony.

W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.