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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.
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were Capital before the
punishable under this
Servitude for Life, &c.
47. Where by any Enactment now in Force in this Colony any Person falsely All Forgeries which aking, forging, counterfeiting, erasing, or altering any Matter whatsoever, or uttering, 1. W. 4 e. Ge, and
blishing, offering, disposing of putting away, or making use of any Matter whatsoever are not otherwise owing the same to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited, erased, or altered, Ordinance, shall be
Person demanding or endeavouring to receive or have any Thing, or to do or punished with Penal ause to be done any Act, upon or by virtue of any Matter whatsoever, knowing such Matter to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited, erased or altered, would according to the Provisions contained in any such Enactment be guilty of Felony and would before the passing of the Act of the First Year of King William the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-six, have been liable to suffer Death as a Felon; or where by any Enactment now in Force in this Colony any Person falsely personating another, or falsely acknowledging any Thing in the Name of another, or falsely representing any other Person than the real Party to be such real Party, or wilfully making a false Entry in any Book, Account, or Document, or in any Manner wilfully falsifying any Part of any Book, Account or Document, or wilfully making a transfer of any Stock Annuity, or Fund in the Name of any Person not being the Owner thereof, or know- ingly taking any false Oath, or knowingly making any False Affidavit, false Affirma- tion or false Declaration or deinanding or receiving any Money or other Thing by virtue of any Probate or Letters of Administration, knowing the Will on which such l'robate shall have been obtained to have been false or forged, or knowing such Probate or Letters of Administration to have been obtained by means of any false Oath, false Affirmation or false Declaration would according to the Provisions contained in any such Act, be guilty of Felony, and would before the passing of the said Act of the First Year of King William the Fourth have been liable to suffer Death as a Felon; or when by any Enactment now in Force any Person making or using, or knowingly having in his Custody or Possession, any Frame, Mould, or Instrument for the making of Paper, with certain words visible in the Substance thereof, or any Person making such Paper, or causing certain Words to appear visible in the Substance of any Paper, would, according to the Provisions contained in any such Enactment, be guilty of Felony, and would before the passing of the said Act of the First Year of King William the Fourth have been liable to suffer Death as a Felon; then, and in each of the several Cases aforesaid, if any Person shall after the Commencement of this Ordinance be convicted of any such Felony as is hercinbefore in this Section mentioned, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring the Commission thereof and the same shall not be punishable under any of the other Provisions of this Act, every such Person shall be liable at the Discretion of the Court to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term 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.
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Second Degree and Accessories.
48. In the Case of every Felony punishable under this Ordinance, every Principal Principals in the in the Second Degree, and every Accessory before the Fact, shall be punishable in the same Manner as the Principal in the First Degree is by this Ordinance punishable; and every Accessory after the Fact to any Felony punishable under this Ordinance shall on Conviction be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement; and every Person who shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the Commission of any Misdemeanor punishable under this Ordinance shall be liable to be proceeded #gainst, indicted, and punished as a principal Offender.
any
in what Cases.
49. Whenever Person shall be convicted of a Misdemeanor under this Ordinance Fine and Sureties it shall be lawful for the Court, if it shall think fit, in addition to or in lieu of any of for keeping the Peace; the Punishments by this Ordinance authorized, to fine the Offender, and to require him to enter into his own Recognizances, and to find Sureties, both or either, for keeping the Peace and being of good Behaviour; and in all Cases of Felonies in this Ordinance mentioned it shall be lawful for the Court, if it shall think fit, to require the Offender to enter into his own Recognizances, and to find Sureties, both or either, for keeping the Peace, in addition to any of the Punishments by this Ordinance authorized; Provided that no Person shall be imprisoned under this Clause for not finding Suretics for any Period exceeding One Year.
50. Whenever Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labour, may be awarded for Hard Labour. any Offence under this Ordinance, the Court may sentence the Offender to be imprisoned, "r to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, and in either Case the Sentence shall be carried out in accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, Section XV.
51. Whenever Solitary Confinement may be awarded for any Offence under this solitary Confine-
Ordinance, the Court may direct the Offender to be kept in Solitary Confinement for ment
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