THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH MARCH,
32. The Colonial Secretary may in his discretion issue the following passes :--
(1.) To any Chinese resident in the Colony an annual
pass valid during the whole of the current year. (2.) To any non-resident Chinese a special pass for such
period as the Colonial Secretary shall think fit. 33. Applications for such annual and special passes shall be made through the Registrar General, who shall keep a record of all such passes, with the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are issued.
34. The Colonial Secretary may at any time caucel and call in any annual or special pass granted by him.
35. No annual or special pass shall be transferable, nor may any person use such pass except the person to whom it has been granted.
Quarterly Passes.
36. The Captain Superintendent of Police may issue to any applicant passes for each quarter of the current year. 37. The Captain Superintendent of Police shall cause a Register of passes to be kept in which the following parti- culars shall be entered
(1.) The name and address of every person to whom
passes have been issued by him.
(2.) The number of passes issued.
(3.) The period for which the same were issued.
(4.) Any other particulars which he may think it ex-
pedient to record.
38. No applicant shall, without the order of a Magis- trate, be entitled to a greater number of passes than the Captain Superintendent of Police shall deem reasonable.
39. The Captain Superintendent of Police may, upon reasonable grounds, refuse to issue passes to any applicant, without the order of a Magistrate.
40. A pass issued by the Captain Superintendent of Police may be used by any Chinese with the authority of the person to whom such pass shall have been issued. Any Chinese using such pass without such authority shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
41. The Captain Superintendent of Police may upon reasonable grounds caucel and call in any pass issued by him. Any person aggrieved by any such cancellation of a pass may apply for redress to a Magistrate, who may make such order as the case may require.
42. The forms of all passes issued under this Ordinance shall, until the same shall be altered by the Governor in Council, be those set forth in the Schedule B hereunto annexed.
Penalties in relation to Passes.
43. Whosoever, with intent to defraud, shall forge or alter any pass, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any pass, knowing the same to be forged or altered, shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
44. Whosoever shall without reasonable excuse, the proof of which shall lie upon him, have in his custody or possession a forged or counterfeit pass, or a pass which shall have been unlawfully altered, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeit, or to have been so altered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
45. Whosoever shall steal, or for any unlawful purpose take from its place of deposit for the time being, or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, any pass issued under this Ordinance, or shall, without reasonable excuse, the proof of which shall lie upon him, receive such pass, knowing the same to have been feloniously stolen or taken for any unlawful purpose as aforesaid, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted shall be liable to be miprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
46. Refusal or neglect without reasonable excuse to returu ou demand auy pass which shall have been cancelled and called in shall be an offence against this Ordinance.
CHAPTER VII.
Placards. Meetings.
47. No person shall post up or exhibit or canse to be posted up or exhibited in or near any strect any public noties or proclamation in the Chinese language without the permission of the Registrar General. The Registrar Gene-
1888.
Annual and special passes. (14 of 70, 5 & 6.)
Applications
for annual and spacial pasSOS. (14 of 70, 8.)
Power to cancel annual or special pass. (14 of 70. 9.) Annual and special passes not transfer- able.
(14 of 70. 10.)
Quarterly paя509. (14 of 70, 11)
Register of passes to be kept.
(14 of 70. 12.)
Number of passes to be isened.
(14 of 70. 13.)
Power to refuse passe3 (14 of 70, 14.)-
Such passes transforabic. (14 of 70, 15 & 17.)
Power to cancel sneb PS808.
(14 of 70. 16.)
Forms of passes. (14 of 70, 7 & 11.)
Forgery, &c., of passes. (14 of 70, 19.)
Having possession of forged pass. (14 of 70. 20.)
Stealing
Pathoses, (14 of 70. 21.)
Failure to return can- celled passe8. (14 of 70, 22.)
Placarils
(22 of 84.10.)
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