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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1880.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-QUARTO VICTORIA REGINÆ.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 6 of 1880.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled," An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong."

[31st August, 1880.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

Be advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

I. The Steam Packets of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, employed by the French Post Oflice in carrying Mails to and from this Colony, shall, when in the ports of this Colony, be considered and treated as vessels of war, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immu- nities of vessels of war, and shall not for any canse be diverted from their special duties, or be liable to seizure or detention by order of any Court or Judge.

11. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, and no rights or privileges hereby granted, shall affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors.

III. This Ordinance shall continue in force, until the First day of September, A.D. 1881, inclusive.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 31st day of August, 1880.

J. M. D'ÁLMADA E CASTRO, Acting Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-QUARTO VICTORIE REGINA.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.,

No. 7 OF 1880.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled. The Prisons Re- gulations Amendment Ordinance, 1880.”

BE

[31st August. 1880.]

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

1. Ordinance 2 of 1878 is hereby repealed.

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II. Section 11 of Ordinance 4 of 1863 is hereby amended, by omitting the words For if the prisoner be under conviction of felony to punish by moderate corporal punish- ment not exceeding twelve strokes of a rattan," and by adding at the end of the scetion the words “Provided that no imprisonment under this section shall continue after the expiration of the period for which the offender was origin- ally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority.”

III. Section 12 of the same Ordinance is hereby amended, by inserting after the words "above offences the words with the exception of Idleness or Negligence in work,” and by substituting for the words "Such Superintendent in conjunction with any Justice of the Peare' the words

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