ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1871.
1109
Revenue.
Breach of Conditional Pardon.
No. 5 of 1871.
An Ordinance to provide for the Trial and Punishment of Offenders to whom a Pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and who may be found at large within the Colony, in Violation of the Condition of such Pardon.
[1st September, 1871.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the trial and punishment of offenders to whom a pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 and who may be found at large within the Colony, in violation of the condition of such pardon: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say: Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and Ordinance No. 16 of 1870.
2. If any offender to whom a pardon shall have been granted, either before or after the passing of this Ordinance under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 on condition of his quitting the Colony, be afterwards found at large therein without lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie upon him, he shall be guilty of a felony or of a misdemeanour according to the nature of the offence for which he shall have received such conditional pardon, and shall on conviction thereof before the Supreme Court be liable in the discretion of the Court to any sentence not exceeding the whole of his original or commuted sentence, such sentence to commence from the date at which he shall be tried and convicted under this Ordinance. Provided always that in all cases in which the prisoner when charged before a Magistrate upon such charge shall plead guilty thereto, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal summarily with the case instead of committing the prisoner for trial at the Supreme Court.
3. This Ordinance and Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 shall be read together and construed as one Ordinance.
Repealing clause.
Breach of Conditional Pardon.
Construction
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1882]
No. 6 of 1871
An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Eight thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1870.
[11th September, 1871.]
WHEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1870, in addition to the charge upon the revenue for the service of the said year already provided for in the Estimates submitted to the Legislative Council: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
Preamble.
ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1871.
1109
Revenue.
Breach of Conditional Pardon.
No. 5 of 1871.
An Ordinance to provide for the Trial and Punishment of Offenders to whom a Pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and who may be found at large within the Colony, in Violation of the Condition of such Pardon.
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[1st September, 1871.] HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the trial and punishment of offenders to 1860 and who whom a pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of may be found at large within the Colony, in violation of the condition of such pardon: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say: Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860, and Ordinance No. 16 of 1870.
2. If any offender to whom a pardon shall have been granted, either before or after the passing of this Ordinance under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 on condition of his quitting the Colony, be afterwards found at large therein without lawful authority or excuse the proof whoreof shall lie upon him, he shall be guilty of n felony or of a misdemeanour according to the nature of the offence for which he shall have received such conditional pardon, and shall on conviction thereof before the Supreme Court be liable in the discretion of the Court to any sentence not exceeding the whole of his original or commuted sentence, such sentence to commence from the date at which he shall be tried and convicted under this Ordinance Provided algass that in all cases in which the prisoner when
* Magistrate upon anch cbarge shall plead guilty thereto, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal sum marily with the case instead of committing the prisoner for trial at the Supreme Court. 8. This Ordinance and Ordinance No. 1 of 1660 shall be read together and construed as one Ordinance.
Repealing conse.
Breach of Copchitinstal Uurrions
Constration
[Repealed by Ordinanes No-8 of 1882
No. 6 of 1871
An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Eight thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1870.
[11th September, 1871.]
HEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1870, in addition to the charge upon the revenue for the service of the said year already provided for in the Estimates submitted to the Legislative Council: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
Preamble,
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