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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25ти AUGUST, 1866.

"Receive or take into his Custody."

"Goods and Chattels.”

Short Title of Ordinance.

Jurisdiction in Piracy,

a Court to be consti-

The Expression "received or taken into his Custody" shall be satisfied by proof that the Goods and Chattels alleged to have been received and taken into Custody were found in any House or Premises, or on Board any Junk, Vessel or Boat within which the Person charged shall be found and of which said Goods and Chattels he shall be unable to give a satisfactory account.

The Words "Goods and Chattels" shall include Money, Bills, Bonds, Notes and Personal Property of any kind or description whatsoever.

III. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Ordinance for the Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong) 1866.”

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IV. In order to bring to adjudication with as little delay and inconvenience &c., to be exercised by possible any Person who shall be charged with the Crime of Piracy or with any of the tuted for the Purpose. Offences hereinafter mentioned, and by this Ordinance defined, there shall be constituted in this Colony a Court of Record to be styled "The High Court of Hongkong for the Suppression of Piracy."

Powers of Court and President.

Constitution of Court.

Offences coguizable by iligh Court.

Setting forth, Aiding and Assisting, &c., Pirates, where Piracy committed.

Setting forth, Aiding

and Assisting, &c.

Pirates, where Piracy

with Violence or

Piracy with Murder committed.

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Trading, &c. with Pirates.

Receiving, &c.

Pirates after Piracy or taking Ship, Goods, &c., piratically stolen with Knowledge.

V. The said Court shall have all such Powers as are possessed by the Supreme Court, so far as they are necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordi- nance and consistent with the object thereof.

VI. The said Court shall consist of the Chief Justice, the Admiral of the Station, or the Senior Naval Officer for the time being at Hongkong, and the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, who shall be called the Official Members of the said Court, and of two other Persons to be appointed from time to time by His Excellency the Governor who shall be called the Unofficial Members of the said Court.

VII. "The High Court for Suppression of Piracy" shall have jurisdiction to try all cases of Piracy which the Supreme Court now has jurisdiction to try, and the Offences hereinafter defined, and to inflict the punishment attached thereto respectively.

(1.) If any Person shall knowingly have set forth any Pirate or aided, assisted, maintained, procured, commanded, counselled, or advised any Person whatsoever to do or commit any Piracy, every such Person shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in l'enal Servitude for any Teria not exceeding Fifteen Years and not less than Five Years, or to be Transported for any Term not exceeding Fifteen Years and not less than Five Years or to be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years with or without Hard Labor.

(2.) If any Person shall have knowingly set forth any Pirate, or aided, assisted, maintained, procured, commanded, counselled, or advised any Person whatsoever to do or commit any Piracy and in consequence of such setting forth,. aid, assistance, maintenance, procurement, command, counsel, or advice, a Piracy with Murder has been committed such first mentioned Person shall suffer Death, or be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Fourteen Years, or to be Transported for Life or for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years or to be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years with or without Hard Labor.

(3.) If any Person shall have traded with any Pirate, knowing him to be guilty of Piracy, or to be fitted out with the intention of committing Piracy, or who with the like knowledge shall have furnished any Pirate with Arms, Ammunition, Provisions, or Stores of any kind or shall fit out any Junk, Vessel, or Boat knowingly and with a Design to trade with, supply, or correspond with any Pirate or if any Person shall in any way have consulted, combined, confederated, or corresponded with any Pirate knowing him to be guilty of Piracy such first mentioned Person shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Ten Years and not less than Five Years or to be Transported for any Term not exceeding Ten Years and not less than Five Years, or to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for any Term not exceeding Two Years.

(4.) If any Person shall have knowingly received, entertained, or concealed any Person guilty of an Act of Piracy or taken into his Custody any Junk, Vessel, Boat, Goods or Chattels which shall have been by such Pirate feloniously taken, such first mentioned Person shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not excceding Ten Years, and not less than Five Years or to be Transported for any Terin not exceeding Ten Years and not less than Five Years, or to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for any Period not exceeding Two Years.