1288 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 11, 1907.
Brought forward,......$ 2,953,733
Military Expenditure,—
Volunteers,
45,916
Public Works,-
Public Works Department,
268,126
Public Works, Recurrent,
437,500
Public Works, Extraordinary,
822,900
Charge on account of Public Debt,
275,018
Pensions,
196,000
Charitable Services,
13,765
Total,
4,992,953
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 10th
day of October, 1907.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excelleney the Governor, the 11th day of October, 1907.
F. H. MAY,
Colonial Secretary.
Short title.
Seditions Conduet.
HONGKONG,
No. 15 OF 1907.
An Ordinance to prevent the Publication of
Seditious Matter.
LS
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor.
[11th October, 1907.]
WHEREAS, owing to the proximity of Hongkong to the mainland of China and to the tendency to create internal dissension in that Empire, it is deemed expedient to prohibit within the Colony the publication of matter calculated to excite such dissension :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :——
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Seditions Publications Ordinance, 1907.“
2. Every person who within the Colony prints, publishes, or offers for sale or distributes any printed or written newspaper or book or other publication coutaining matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder in China or to excite persons to crime in China shall be guilty of an offence and being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to both.
3. No person shall be convicted of an offence against this Ordinance except by the Supreme Court.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 10th day of October, 1907.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 11th day of October, 1907.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Scerotary.
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