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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

No. 26.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH JUNE, 1887.

VOL. XXXIII.

號六十二第 日三十月四年丁

日四初月六年七十八百八千一 簿三十三第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 233.

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. 18 of 1887.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Jurors.

Ordinance No. 19 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to enable the Trustees. of The Khenish Missionary. Society to sell and dispose of certain Leasehold property within the Colony of Hongkong.

By- Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th June, 1887.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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W. G. CAMERON.

No. 18 of 1887.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Jurors.

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[1st June, 1887.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Jury Consolidation Ordinance, 1887.

2. The Ordinances or parts thereof mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything done or suffered thereunder nor any past'operation thereof.

3. In all civil and criminal trials and in all enquiries into the idiotey, lunacy, or unsoundness of mind of any person the jury (if any) shall, except where otherwise specially provided, consist of seven men.

Short title.

Repeals.

Number of

jurors on trial, &c. (No. 11 of 1864 Sec. 2.)