438 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1874.
A. D. 1874.
Short title.
Definition of term
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colony."
At trials in any
colonial courts by
Acts, courts
CHAPTER 27.
An Act to regulate the Sentences imposed by Colonial Courts where
jurisdiction to try is conferred by Imperial Acts.
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[30th June, 1874.] HEREAS by certain Acts of Parliament jurisdiction is conferred on courts in
try
doubts have arisen as to the proper sentences to be imposed upon conviction of such persons; and it is expedient to remove such doubts:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Courts (Colonial) Jurisdiction Act, 1874.
2. For the purposes of this Act,-
The term "colony" shall not include any places within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, but shall include such territories as may for the time being be vested in Her Majesty by virtue of an Act of Parliament for the Government of India, and any plantation, territory, or settlement situate elsewhere within Her Majesty's dominions, and subject to the same local government; and for the purposes of this Act, all plantations, territories, and settlements under a central legislature shall be deemed to be one colony under the same local government.
3. When, by virtue of any Act of Parliament now or hereafter to be passed, a person is tried in a court of any colony for any crime or offence committed upon the
virtue of Imperial high seas or elsewhere out of the territorial limits of such colony and of the local empowered to pass jurisdiction of such court, or if committed within such local jurisdiction made sentences as if punishable by that Act, such person shall, upon conviction, be liable to such crimes had been punishment as might have been inflicted upon him if the crime or offence had committed in the been committed within the limits of such colony and of the local jurisdiction of the colony.
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court, and to no other, anything in any Act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that if the crime or offence is a crime or offence not punishable by the law of the colony in which the trial takes place, the person shall, on conviction, be liable to such punishment (other than capital punishment) as shall seem to the court most nearly to correspond to the punishment to which such person would have been liable in case such crime or offence had been tried in England.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following letter, received from Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Bangkok, reporting that on or about the 9th of November next, a fixed Bright Light will be exhibited from the Light House erected inside the Bar at the entrance of the Bangkok River, is published for general information. By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1874.
BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL,
BANGKOK, August 28th, 1874.
SIR,-I have the honour to report for your Excellency's information that on or about the 9th of November next, a fixed Bright Light will be exhibited from the Screw Pile Lighthouse erected inside the Bar at the entrance of the Bangkok river, on the edge of the East Bank.
The light, which is of the third order, will be visible at a distance of about ten miles, and is situated
in latitude 13° 29′ 26′′ N., longitude 100° 35′ 20′′ E.
The light dues to be levied on Shipping of all nationalities are at the rate of One cent and-a-half per ton in full.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient Servant,
To His Excellency
SIR ARTHUR KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c., Governor,
Hongkong.
W. H. NEWMAN,
II. B. M. Acting Consul-General.
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