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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1887.

Penal servitude abolished.

Persons under penal

servitude

to be deemed to have beeu

sentenced to hard labour.

Repeal.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to abolish Transportation and Penal Servitude and to substitute other Punishment in lieu thereof.

Badvice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

1. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance no person shall be sentenced to transportation or penal servitude, and any person who, if this Ordinance had not been passed, might have been sentenced to transportation or penal servitude, shall after the commencement of this Ordinance be liable to be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for a term of the same duration as the term of transportation or penal servitude to which such person would have been liable if this Ordinance had not been passed.

2. All persons at present detained under any sentence of penal servitude shall for the remaining period of their sen- tence be deemed to have been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, and shall be classed accordingly and shall be subject to all Laws and Rules relating to the care, cus- tody, management, employment and discipline of offenders under sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, in the same manner as if they had been originally sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour.

3. Ordinance No. 10 of 1858 is hereby repealed.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 99.

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

Ordinance No. 6 of 1887.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to regulate the carrying and possession of arms.

Ordinance No. 7 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Lagislative Council thereof, to remove doubts as to the application of Ordinance No. 2 of 1875.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th March, 1887.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

LS

W. H. MARSH.

No. 6 of 1887.

Title

Ordinance 22 of 1884, sec. 2.

Penalty for being found carrying dendly

weapons. [Ordinance 14 of 1870. see, 18 altered.]

Proviso.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to regulate the carrying and possession of arms.

[17th March, 1887.]

Be it cute by the Grove Coum of thongkong with the

advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-- 1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Arms Ordinance,

1887.

2. In this Ordinauce the expression arms includes any description of fire-arms, also any sword, entlass, spear, pike, bayonet, dagger, or other deadly weapon, also any part of any arms as so defined,

3. Every person who shall without reasonable excuse, the proof of which shall lie upon him, carry any arms about him, whether by night or day, shall be liable on Summary Conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months, and such weapon shall be forfeited to the Crown.

Provided that this section shall not apply to Officers in any Naval and Military Service, Officers in the Govern- ment Service, Justices of the Peace, Special or Common Jurors.