782 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH OCT, 1884.
3. A Chinese person shall not have or carry any arms, save as authorised by the Governor in Council,
The Governor in Council may from time to time at dis- cretion grant to any Chinese persons licences to have or carry arms subject to such conditions to be specified in the licence as to the Governor in Council may seem fit, nud may from time to time at discretion revoke any such licence.
4. Any person having or carrying or reasonably sus- pected of having or carrying any arms in contravention of This Ordinance may be arrested without warrant by any Police Officer, and, as soon as reasonably can be, conveyed before a Magistrate in order to his being dealt with accord- ing to law.
5. The Governor may by warrant authorsie any person named in such warrant to search in any houses, buildings, ships, vessels or places for any arms suspected to be therein in contravention of this Ordinance.
The person named in such warrant with such constables and other persons as he calls to his assistance may at any time enter into any house, buit ling, ship, vessel or place and there execute the warrant, and in case admittance is refused or is not obtained within a reasonable time after it is first demanded such persons may enter by force in order to excente such warrant. The person executing such warrant shall before executing the same if so desired produce the said warrant.
Any arms, carried, had or found under circumstances which contravene this Ordinance, may be forthwith seized and shall be forfeited to Her Majesty.
6. Any arms in the possession of persons not entitled to have the same which after the passing of this Ordinance are given up voluntarily or taken under such circumstances as prove to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council that they have not been wilfully kept back in contravention of this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be in the possession of Her Majesty and the Governor shall provide for the deposit, registration, valuation and care of the same. Provided that such arms may in the discretion of the Governor in Council be returned to the owners thereof to have and carry under licence under this Ordinance or for immediate exportation subject to such conditions as to the Governor in Council may scem fit, and provided also that at any time the Governor may instead of keeping or returning such arms if he think fit pay to the owners of the same the value thereof to be assessed by the Registrar General, or the owners thereof may demand payment of such value and such payment may be made out of the general revenue of the Colony.
7. The Governor in Council may from time to time make` and when made revoke alter or add to regulations, prohibiting or regulating the sale or importation of arms.
If any person sell or import or attempt to sell or import any arms in contravention of any such regulations, such arms shall be liable to be forfeited to Her Majesty and the person so acting wilfully shall be deemed to be acting in contravention of this Ordinance.
8. At any time after the passing of this Ordinance the Governor in Council may by order declare that the provi- sions of Ordinance 14 of 1870 and all regulations made thereunder shall apply in relation to the whole or any part of the Colony as fully to all intents and purposes as the same applied in relation to the City of Victoria at the time of the passing of this Ordinance, and such provisions shall thereupon apply.
The Governor in Council may from time to time revoke add to or alter such order.
9. In any case where au order is made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1882, it shall be in the discretion of the Governor in Council to order that the person named in such order be detained in custody of the police until he leaves the Colony, and such person may thereupon be arrested and shall be deemed to be under lawful arrest until he leaves the Colony or until the final departure from the Colony of any vessel in which he leaves.
Such order of detention shall provide that the person named therein shall have reasonable facilities for settling his affairs and arranging for his departure.
The Captain Superintendent of Police shall cause notices in the Chinese language, containing the names of persous against whom orders have been made under Section 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1882 to be from time to time posted up in public and conspicuóns places,
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