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Power to award Punishment of

Whipping in Cases

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MAY, 1868.

I. Where any Person shall be convicted of any Crime specified in Sections L or LI of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865, the Supreme Court may, in addition to the Punishment specified in Sections I. heretofore awarded for such Crime, direct that the Offender, if a Male, be Once, Twice, and LT of Ordinance or Thrice publicly or privately Whipped subject to the following Provisions:

LI No. 4 of 1865.

Power in like Cases to award Solitary Confinement.

Two Magistrates empowered to deal with certain cases.

Suspending Clause.

(1.) That in the Case of an Offender whose Age does not exceed Sixteen Years, the Number of Strokes at each such Whipping do not exceed Twenty-five, and the Instrument used shall be a Rattan.

(2.) That in the Case of any other Male Offender, the Number of Strokes do not exceed Thirty-six at each such Whipping.

(3.) That in each Case the Court in its Sentence shall specify the Number of Strokes to be inflicted, and the Instrument to be used. Provided that in no Case shall such Whipping take place after the Expiration of Six Months from the passing of the Sentence.

II. Where any Person shall be convicted of any Crime specified in one of the said Sections L or LI, the Supreme Court may, in addition to the Punishment heretofore awarded for such Crime, direct that the Offender be kept in Solitary Confinement for any portion of his time of Penal Servitude or Imprisonment, for a period not exceeding One Month at any One time and not exceeding Three Months in any One Year.

III. Two Magistrates sitting together, shall and they are hereby empowered to hear and determine cases of Child-Stealing and of Taking or Detaining Persons against their will, and in every such case, if it shall appear that the ends of Justice will best be met by dealing summarily therewith, the said Magistrates may adjudge the Offender on conviction to be Imprisoned and kept to Hard Labor for any Term not exceeding Two Years and the Provisions of Section LXVI of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 shall apply to every such conviction.

IV. This Ordinance shall not come into operation till Her Majesty The QUEEN'S Confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd Day of May, 1868.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

Title.

Preamble.

Short Title.

Force in relation to Fires.

HONGKONG.

ANNO TRICESIMO PRIMO

VICTORIA REGINE.

SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 4 of 1868.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative

Council thereof, for the Establishment of a Fire Brigade.

[22nd May, 1868.]

Whereas it is expedient to make further provision for the Protection of Life and Property from Fire within the Colony of Hongkong; Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Hongkong Fire Brigade Ordinance, 1868."

Governor to select a II. It shall be lawful for the Governor to select from the Police and any others volunteering for the duty a Force to whom shall be entrusted the duty of extinguishing Fires and Protecting Life and Property in case of Fire within this Colony and to furnish the said Force with such Fire-Engines, Horses, Accoutrements, Tools and Implements as may be necessary for the complete Equipment of the said Force or conducive to the efficient Performance of their Duties.