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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST APRIL, 1860.
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No Loans to Per-
sons under Ten Years
of Age.
Property of the
Crown not to be taken in Pawn.
Hours of Business,
Jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Ses- sions.
Pawnbroker defi-
ned.
Penalties.
Fines to be paid into Colonial Treasu-
ry.
Right of Appeal,
Jurisdiction of the
XIX. No Pawnbroker shall receive any Goods in pawn from any one under the
Age of Ten Years.
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XX. It shall not be lawful for any Pawnbroker to receive in Pawn any Goods having upon them any Mark or Sign denoting them to be, or to have been, the Property of the Crown, or of any Public Department.
XXI. No Goods shall be pawned or redeemed before Six of the Clock in the Morn- ing, or after Eight of the Clock in the Night.
XXII. All Adjudications, and Certificates under this Ordinance, shall be summa- rily had and granted by the Court of Petty Sessions, and enforced According to the Laws for the Time being in Force, for regulating the said Court and its Practice.
XXIII. Every Person purchasing, receiving, or taking in, any Goods and paying Money for, or advancing Money upon, the same, to an Amount not exceeding Five Hun- dred current Dollars, with or under any Undertaking, Agreement, or Condition, express, implied, or reasonably inferrible, from the Nature or Character of the Dealing, or the Usage in respect thereof, that the said Goods in Whole or Part may be afterward re- deemed or re-purchased upon any Terms soever, shall be deemed to be a Pawnbroker within the Meaning of this Ordinance.
XXIV. For Offences against this Ordinance, there shall be imposed the Penalties following, that is to say:--
1. For every Offence against Sections Two, Four, Five, Six, and Sections Eight to Thirteen, both inclusive, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred current Dol- lars, together with the Forfeiture of the Offender's License if the Court shall so direct.
2. For every Offence against Section Sixteen, the Penalty of Imprisonment with or without hard Labour for a Term not exceeding Two Years.
3. For every Offence against Section Seventeen, or Section Nineteen, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, together with (if the Court shall so direct) the Forfeiture of the License.
4. For every Offence against Section Twenty, a Fine not exceeding Five Hun- dred current Dollars, and Forfeiture of the License, if the Court shall so direct.
5. For every Offence against Section Twenty-one, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars.
XXV. All Fines received or levied under this Ordinance, shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury to the use of the Crown.
XXVI. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of Appeal against any Ad- Supreme Court, and judication, nor the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, nor any of the Laws relating to
Crimes or Offences.
Laws relating to
Crimes, &c., not af fected.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON,
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 16th Day of April, 1860.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
SCHEDULE (A.)
FORM OF ENTRY IN BOOK.
-Month of
Year of
The
NO. OF LOAN,
DAY OF THE CHINESE MONTH.
BORROWER.
DESCRIPTION
PLACE OF ABODE OF BORROWER.
OF ARTICLE.
AMOUNT OF LOAN.
*
RATE OF INTEREST.
By
and Com Admiral
An
Be i the Advi
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and 20th Bankers,
II.
Cheque Intent to ration, A
Person st Servitude Forgery
III.
Person to to cheat convicted Servitude Imprison
Pass
The
published
Cour
Note.-Numbers of Loans to continue through one Mouth, and to commence anew with each succeeding Month,
SCHEDULE (B.)
FORM OF PAWN TICKET.
A.B., No.-
Pawnbroker.
Street,
(or A.B. & Coy., No.
Street,)
The
day of
Pawnbrokers. Month of
Year of
No. OP LOAN.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLE.
AMOUNT OF LOAN,
RATE OF INTEREST.
NAME AND ABODE OF
BORROWER.
By 1 and Com Admiral (
An Or
Whe committe enacted b
tive Coun
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