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Section 4 of Ordi-
and Section 3 of Orci-
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JUNE, 1865.
1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of nadee No. 6 of 14; 1846, shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be so construed as not to nano No. 2 of 1846, include as of Force in this Colony any Acts or Parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament how to be construed. made and passed prior to the Fifth Day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Forty-three, and which are enumerated in the Schedule annexed to the Act of the Session of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Ninety-five, and which said Acts or Parts of Acts are thereby repealed.
Ordinances in
Schedule repealed.
Previous Sections not to affect Offences,
this Ordinance.
2. The Ordinances mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed shall, after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance, be repealed to the Extent specified in the said Schedule.
3. Provided, that every Offence, which shall have been wholly or partly committed &c., committed before before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined the Commencement of and punished, and every Penalty in respect of any such Offence shall be recovered in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Act duly done. and every Warrant or other Instrument duly made or granted before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue and be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Right, Liability, Privilege and Protection in respect of any Matter or Thing committed or done before this Ordinance comes into Operation, shall continue to be of the same Force and Effect as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and that every Action, Prosecution and other Proceeding which shall have been commenced before this Ordinance comes into Operation, or shall thereafter be commenced in respect of any such Matter or Thing, may be prosecuted, continued and defended in the same Manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed.
Commencement of
Ordinance.
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Preamble.
Power to award
ping in Cases herein named.
4. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the day of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Five.
An Ordinance for the further Security of the Residents in this Colony from personal Violence.
Whereas the Punishments hitherto awarded by the Laws of this Colony are insufficient to deter from Crimes of Violence: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. Where any Person is convicted of a Crine who at the Time of the Commission Punishment of Whip thereof shall have been armed with any offensive Weapon or Instrument, or who at the Time of or immediately before or immediately after the Commission thereof shall have wounded, beat, struck or used any other personal Violence to any other Person, or who shall at any of the Times aforesaid by any Means whatsoever have attempted to render any other Person insensible, unconscious or incapable of Resistance, the Supreme Court may, in addition to the Punishment now awarded for such Crime, direct that the Offender, if a Male, be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped, subject to the following Provisions:
(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 Stroke- do not exceed Fifty 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.
No. 87.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
At the request of Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Foochow, the following Notifications are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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