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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MARCH, 1881.
XV. The Governor in Council may at any time by Order to be published in the Gazette, declare that any crime or offence specified in the First Schedule hereto, or which may hereafter be added to the said Schedule as herein before provided, shall no longer form part thereof, and from and after the date of the publication of such Order, such crime or offence shall cease to come within the operation of this Ordinance.
XVI. All expenses incident to the apprehension, deten- tion, maintenance, and delivery of a fugitive under this Ordinance, shall be borne by this Colony.
XVII. If any Action be brought against a Magistrate, Gaoler, Officer of Police, or any other person for anything done in obedience to any Warrant or Order issued under the provisions of this Ordinance, the proof of such Warrant or Order shall be a sufficient answer to such Action, and the defendant or defendants on such proof as aforesaid shall be entitled to a verdict or judgment in his or their favour, and shall also be entitled to his or their full Costs of Suit.
XVIII. The Forms given in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance or forms to the like effect, with such variations and additions as circumstances require, may be used for the purposes therein indicated, and instruments in those forms shall (as regards the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
XIX. In case the Governor in Council shall deem it ex- pedient that this Ordinance or any part thereof should be repealed, or the operation thereof suspended for any period, it shall be lawful for the Governor of this Colony by Pro- clamation in the Gazette, to declare that this Ordinance or any part thereof shall be suspended in its operation for any period, or that the same is repealed, and from the date of the publication of such Proclamation in the Gazette, the said Ordinance or such part thereof as may be specified in the Proclamation shall be deemed to be suspended or repealed accordingly.
Power to
expunge any crime or offence from Schedule.
Expenses of extradition.
Protection to Magistrate, Gaoler, &c,, acting under Warrant.
Forms in Second Sche- dule may be used.
Proviso as to repeal or suspension of Ordinance, or of any part thereof.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
LIST OF CRIMES AND OFFENCES.
The following list of crimes and offences is to be con- strued according to the Law existing in the Colony of Hongkong at the date of the alleged crime or offence, whether by Common Law or by Imperial Statute or local Ordinance made before or after the passing of this Ordinance.
Murder, and attempt and conspiracy to murder. Manslaughter.
Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Counterfeiting and altering money and uttering counterfeit or altered money.
Forgery, counterfeiting, and altering, and uttering what is forged or counterfeited or altered.
Embezzlement and larceny.
Unlawfully receiving stolen property.
Obtaining money or goods by false pretences.
Crimes by bankrupts against bankruptcy law,
Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or
member, or public officer of any Company made criminal by any
Law for the time being in force.
Rape.
Abduction, or forcible taking or detention,
Child-stealing.
Burglary and House-breaking.
Arson.
Robbery with violence.
Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort.
Piracy by law of nations, or municipal law.
Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring
to do so.
Assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm.
Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master.
Desertion from the naval, military or police force.
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