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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JANUARY, 1886.

22. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully make or cause to be made any Declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be made in which there shall be any untruth or misrepresentation or from which there shall be any omission in respect of any of the particulars by this Ordinance required to be contained therein whereby such Declaration shall be misleading, or if any proprietor of a newspaper or paper shall knowingly and wilfully permit any Declaration under Sections 4 and 7 of this Ordinance to be made which shall be misleading with reference to his own name occupation place of business (if any) or place of residence, every such offender being convicted thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.

23. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of any engraving or to the printing by letter press of the name or of the name and addresses or business or profession of any person or of the article he deals in or of any paper containing an advertisement alone, of the sale by auction of any 'estates furniture effects or other things whatever or of ordinary business notices or advertisements. 24. It shall be lawful for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to fix a scale of such further or other fees and to make such rules and regulations for the purposes of this Ordinance as he may think fit and such scale of fees rules and regulations from time to time to alter amend add to or revoke as occasion may require: Provided always that no such scale of fees rules and regulations alterations amendments additions or revocation shall be deemed bind- ing until the same shall have been approved by the Legis- lative Council of the Colony and published in the Gazette. 25. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered summarily before a Police Magistrate according to the Laws for the time being in force within the Colony regu- lating Summary Procedure.

26. No person shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed by this Ordinance unless such prosecution shall be commenced or such action shall be brought within 6 months next after such penalty shall have been incurred; nor unless such prosecution or action be commenced pro- secuted entered or filed in the name of the Attorney General for the time being of the Colony.

27. This Ordinance shall commence and come into opera- tion on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.

THE SCHEDULES ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Form I.

I, [full name and address] declare that am the Printer [or Pub- lisher or Printer and Publisher as the case may be] of the Newspaper and Printed [or Paper] entitled

for Published or Printed and Published as the case may be] at Hongkong, the premises where such printing [or-Publication or Printing and Publication] is carried on are situate at [here describe them precisely] and I further declare that [here state the full name of the proprietor or proprietors or " representative proprietors," (see s. 10),] is (or are) the proprietor (or proprietors or "represent- ative proprietors"] of the said Newspaper [or Paper], [here state their respective occupations, places of business (if any) and places of residence.]

Declared, &c.

[Signature of Printer and Publisher, &c.]

[Signature of Registrar and

Seal of the Court.]

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Form II.

I, [then follows as in last form] declare that I have ceased to be the Printer [or Publisher or Printer and Publisher] of the News- paper [or Paper] entitled [here insert name of paper.]

[Signature and Declaration as in last form.]

Form III.

1, [then follows as in Form I] the Printer (or Publisher or Printer and Publisher] of the Newspaper [or Paper] entitled [state name] declare that [state full name] has ceased to be the proprietor [or a proprietor] of the said Newspaper [or Paper] entitled [state name] and that state full names with his or their occupation, place of business (if any) and place of residence] is [or are] now the pro- prietor [or proprietors] thereof.

[Signature of Person making Declaration.]

Declared as in Form I.

Form IV.

I, [state name and place of residence] declare that I have a Press for Printing at [here state the place where the Press is kept giving a true and precise description of the premises.]

[Signature and Declaration as in Form I.]

Penalty for making wilful misrepresenta- tion in Declarations. (S. 9 of No. 2 of 1844, s. 17 of 44 and 45 7.

c. 60.]

(£100.)

Generst exceptions [39 Geo. III a. 79, s. 1. re- enacted in

32 and 33 Y. c. 24 sch.]

Power make rule and regula- tions.

Recovery of Penalties. 144 and 45 V. 60, a 16.3

Limitation of prosecution or action. [39 Geo. 111 6. 79, a. 34.)

Commence ment of Ordinance.

Form of Declaration

by Printer and/or Publisher under a

Form of Declaration under a. 6.

Form of

Declaration under ss. 7, 9.

Form of

Declaration under s. 19.

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