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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JULY, 1890.

PART IV.

Indictable Offences.

Section 62. Procedure on information laid.

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63. Warrant to apprehend for offences committed

on the High Seas.

64. Warrant to apprehend on information filed by Attorney General, where the accused is at large.

65. Information to be in writing and on oath. 66. Provision as to Summonses.

67. Provision as to Warrants.

68. Warrants to apprehend and to search issuable

on Sunday.

69. Summons or Warrant for witnesses.

70. Power to remand accused.

71. Place of examination not an open Court.

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72. The Hearing.

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73. Reading over depositions to accused.

74. Witnesses for the accused.

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75. Binding over prosecutor or accused and their

witnesses.

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77. Accused to be informed of committal.

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76. Decision of the Magistrate.

78. Accused entitled to copy of depositions.

PART V.

Indictable Offences Triable Summarily.

79. This part of Ordinance not to affect The Protection of Women and Girls Ordi- nance, 1889.

80. When indictable offences to be dealt with

summarily.

81. Procedure thereon.

82. One Magistrate may issue summons though

two hear it.

PART VI.

Special Towers.

83. Powers of two Magistrates sitting together. 84. Course to be taken where they disagree.

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85. Power to whip for stealing ornaments, &c.

from women or children.

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86. Power to whip juvenile thief.

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87. Amount of and mode of inflicting whipping.

88. Punishment of the Stocks.

89. Compensation in addition to punishment.

90. Committal for insulting language.

91. (1.) Compensation for malicious prosecution.

(2.) Fine for false evidence.

92. Imprisonment for non-payment of fines.

93. Forfeiture of articles, when allowed.

94. (1.) Penalty on person found drunk in a

public place.

(2) Penalty for riotous and disorderly be- haviour while drunk in a public place, &c.

Bail.

95. Powers as to Bail.

96. Warrants of deliverance.

Re-hearing.

97. Re-hearing.

Examination of accused.

98. (1.) Examination by Magistrate.

(2.) Record of same.

(3.) Refusal to answer not punishable. (4.) Answers to be laid before jury.

(5.) No influence to be used.

(6.) No oath to be administered.

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