THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1866.
Regulations.
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II. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor in Council, from time to Power given to the to frame such Regulations to be enforced by such Fines and Penalties as to him Governor to frame seem fit, for the more effectual carrying out of this Ordinance. Such Regulations be duly published in the Government Gazette, and from and after such publication ve the same force and effect as if the same had been enacted by an Ordinance duly sed to that effect.
Ordinance No. 6 of 1862 amended.
III. Section XII of Ordinance No. 6 of 1862 is hereby amended by the addition Section XII of the words, "with or without Hard Labor" immediately after the words "Three
dar Months" in the fourth line of the said Section.
IV. Section XXI of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862 is hereby amended by substi- Section XXI of ng for the words "Three Months" at the end of the said Section, the words "Six Ordinance No. 9 of
ths with or without Hard Labor.”
1862 amended.
in certain cases.
V. Every Male Person who, subsequently to the commencement of this Ordinance, Juvenile Offenders to ll be charged with having committed, or having attempted to commit, or with be privately whipped ing been an aider, abettor, counseller, or procurer, in the Commission of any Offence hich now is or hereafter may be by Law deemed or declared to be Simple Larceny, punishable as Simple Larceny, and whose Age at the period of the Commission or mpted Commission of such Offence, shall not, in the opinion of the Court before hom he shall be brought or appear, exceed the Age of Sixteen Years, shall on aviction thereof whether summarily or otherwise be liable by the Sentence of such urt to be once or twice privately whipped, either instead of, or in addition to any her Punishment which may now be inflicted for such Offence: Provided that such ntence shall specify the number of strokes which shall in no case exceed Twenty, and Provided that the Instrument used shall be a Rattan.
Licensed.
VI. From and after the First day of January, 1867, it shall not be lawful for any Chinese Money- Minese to act as a Money-Changer in the Colony of Hongkong, unless he has previously Changers to be Stained a License to do so from the Registrar General, which License shall remain in ree for One Year, and for which the Sum of Five Dollars shall be annually paid to e Registrar General, who shall account therefor to the Colonial Treasurer.
licensed Person acting
VII. Any Chinese who shall carry on the business of or act as a Money-Changer Penalty on an Un- the Colony of Hongkong without having obtained such a License, or after the expira- as Money Changer.
of the same, or who shall violate any of the Conditions contained in the said License all on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, be liable to a Fine not xceeding Twenty-five Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars, and in default of payment
· be Imprisoned, with or without Hard Labor, for any term not exceeding Three Months.
Animals injurious to.
City of Victoria.
VIII. The keeping of Pigs, or of other animals likely to be injurious to the public No Pigs or other bb, within the city of Victoria without a Special License from the Registrar General the public health to strictly prohibited, and any Person who shall be convicted before a Justice of the be kept within the House of keeping a Pig or other such animal in the said City of Victoria, shall be liable Fine not exceeding Five Dollars, and in default of payment shall be Imprisoned any term not exceeding Fourteen Days, and the said Pig or other animal shall also forfeited.
wholesome Food or Liquor, &e, may be
Persons selling the
IX. Any Person who shall expose or proffer for sale in any House or Shop in the Adulterated aud un- bony of Hongkong, any liquor, meat, provisions, condiments, or other article of food any tainted, noxious, adulterated, or unwholesome state, shall on conviction thereof seized; Penalty on ure a Justice of the Peace, be liable to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, in default of payment to be Imprisoned, with or without Hard Labor, for any Term exceeding Six Months; and in case the Person convicted shall be a licensed Spirit ker, or Boarding-house keeper, he shall in addition forfeit his license.
same.
Houses and Shops may be granted in
A. On information duly made before any Justice of the Peace by any Constable Warrants to search edible Person that there is good reason to believe that any such tainted, noxious, erated or unwholesome liquor, meat, provisions, condiments, or other article of certain cases. is exposed, or for sale, in any House or Shop in the said Colony, it shall be lawful such Justice in his discretion, to grant a Warrant to any Constable to enter and ch any such House or Shop by day, and such Constable may, if necessary, break open ders of such House or Shop, and seize such liquor or provisions as aforesaid, and in the same until the Owner thereof shall appear before any Justice, and if it shall to the said Justice that the said liquor or provisions are tainted, noxious, prated or unwholesome, he shall adjudge the same to be condemned and destroyed, otherwise they shall forthwith be restored to the proper Owner. And in case of a
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