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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MAY, 1873.

the Seizure of a Ship, or for the Apprehension of an Offender, shall be by Attorney

be instituted for any Offence against the Provisions of this General, Ordinance, except at the Suit or Prosecution of, or with the

Consent of the Attorney General.

XXVII. This Ordinance shall not come into Operation until Her Suspending. Majesty's Confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Clause. Colony by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th Day of May, 1872.

L. D'ALMADA e Castro,

Clerk of Councila.

(SCHEDULE.)

Form of Warrant under Section X1,

*THE CHINESE EMIGRANT SHIP ORDINANCE, 1873."

Hongkong to wit..

To

Whereas it has been made to appear to my Satisfaction by Information ov Oath that there is reasonable and probable Cause for believing that an Offence has been committed against the Provisions of the above Ordinance in respect of the Ship

now lying in the Waters of this Colony

rendering the said Ship liable to Forfeiture,--

This is therefore to Command you in Her Majesty's Name forthwith to seize the said Ship wherever she may be lying within the Waters of this Colony, and to search the said Ship and her Equipment, and to detain the same in your Charge and Custody until the Forfeiture or Release thereof, according to Law, for which this shall be your Warrant.

Given under my Hand and Seal at the Magistrates' Court of this Colony, this

Day of

in the Year of Our Lord, 187

The

L.S.

Police Magistrate.

Form of Citation under Section XV,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Day of

187

·

In re The ",

Take Notice that under aud in pursuance of "The Chinese Emigrant Ship Ordinance, 1873," you are hereby cited to appear before the Supreme Court

Day of

to show Cause why the above-aamed Ship and her Equipment should not be forfeited to the Crown for Breach of the Provisions of the said Ordinance.

on

the

To the Owners of

the Ship".

or their Agents.

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HONGKONG.

ANNO TRICESIMO SEXTO

VICTORIA REGINE.

SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 6 or 1873.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the better Protection of Chinese Women and female Children, and for the Repression of certain Abuses in relation to Chinese Emigration.

W

[8th May, 1873.]

Title.

HEREAS it is expedient to make better Provision for the Preamble.

Punishment of Persons guilty of selling, purchasing, or

decoying into the Colony, or unlawfully detaining therein Chinese Women and female Children for the Purpose of Prostitu-

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