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Removing or con- cealing Buoys and other Sea Marks.

Destroying Wrecks

ing thereto.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20rn MAY, 1865.

is herein-before provided, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life, or for any Terin not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

38. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut away, cast adrift, remove, alter, deface, sink, or destroy, or shall unlawfully and maliciously do any Act with Intent to cut away, cast adrift, remove, alter, deface, sink, or destroy, or shall in any other Manner unlawfully and maliciously injure or conceal any Boat, Buoy, Buoy Rope, Beacon, Perch, or Mark used or intended for the Guidance of Seamen or the Purpose of Navigation, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not excceding Seven Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

39. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously destroy any Part of any Ship or or any Articles belong- Vessel which shall be in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or any Goods, Merchandise, or Articles of any Kind belonging to such Ship or Vessel, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

Sending Letters

destroy Houses, Build- ings, Ships, &c.

Sending Letters threatening to burn or destroy :-

40. Whosoever shall send, deliver, or utter, or directly or indirectly cause to be threatening to burn or received, knowing the Contents thereof, any Letter or Writing threatening to burn or destroy any House, Barn, or other Building, or any Rick or Stack of Rice, Hay, or other Agricultural Produce, or any Grain, Rice, or other Agricultural Produce in or under any Building or any Ship or Vessel, or to kill, maim, or wound any Cattle,- shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof 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 Three Years,-or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

Persons committing malicious Injuries not

of $25.

Injuries not before provided for :--

41. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously commit any Damage, Injury, or before provided for Spoil to or upon any Real or Personal Property whatsoever, either of a Public or exceeding the amount Private Nature, for which no Punishment is herein-before provided, the Damage, Injury, or Spoil being to an amount exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour; and in case any such Offence shall be committed between the Hours of Nine of the Clock in the Evening and Nine of the Clock in the next Morning, shall be liable at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceed- ing Five Years and not less than Three Years,-or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.

Summary Conviction in case of malicious Injury.

42. Whosoever shall wilfully or maliciously commit any Damage, Injury, or Spoil to or upon any Real or Personal Property whatsoever, either of a Public or Private Nature, for which no Punishment is herein-before provided, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate at the Discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Two Months, or else shall forfeit and pay such Sum of Money not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet, and also such further Sum of Money as shall appear to the Magistrate to be s reasonable Compensation for the Damage, Injury, or Spoil so committed, not exceeding the Sum of Twenty-five Dollars; which last-mentioned Sum of Money shall, in the cast of Private Property, be paid to the Party aggrieved; and in the Case of Property a Public Nature, or wherein any Public Right is concerned, the Money shall be paid t Her Majesty for the Use of the Colony, and in support of the Government thereof; ani if such Sums of Money, together with Costs (if ordered,) shall not be paid either in- mediately after the Conviction, or within such Pericd as the Magistrate shall at the