446
ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1860.
Conditional Pardons.
Jurors and Witnesses.
No. 1 of 1860.
[See Ords. No. 7 of 1870, and No. 5 of 1871.]
Preamble.
Governor may grant pardons subject to condition of offenders leaving the Colony, &c.
Offenders who have received a conditional pardon if found in the Colony may be committed for the remainder of their original sentence.
An Ordinance empowering His Excellency the Governor to grant Conditional Pardons in certain cases.
[3rd March, 1860.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to empower His Excellency the Governor to grant conditional pardons, in accordance with the terms of the Royal Charter of the Colony of Hongkong: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to grant to any offender convicted of any crime, a pardon subject to either of the following conditions, as the case may be; that such offender shall quit the Colony of Hongkong and not afterwards be found at large therein; or, that such offender shall, in lieu of the sentence of death which may have been passed upon or recorded against him, by any Court of competent jurisdiction, suffer such term of imprisonment or penal servitude as His Excellency may think fit.
2. Should any offender to whom a pardon has been granted on condition of his quitting the Colony be afterwards found at large therein, contrary to such condition it shall be lawful for any Police officer to apprehend such offender and convey him before a Magistrate, who shall make out a warrant, under his hand and seal, for the recommitment of such offender to prison, there to undergo the residue of his original sentence, as if no pardon had been granted. [Repealed by Ordinances Nos. 7 and 16 of 1870 and by No. 5 of 1871.]
[All repealed by Ordinances Nos. 8 of 1876, & 8 of 1882.]
No. 2 of 1860.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Jurors and Witnesses.
[3rd March, 1860.]
BE it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
446
ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1860.
Conditional Pardons.
Jurors and Witnesses.
No. 1 of 1860.
[See Ords. No. 7
of 1870, and No. 5 01871.1
Preamble.
Governor may grant pardons subject to condi- tion of offenders leaving the Colony, &c.
Offenders who Jave received a conditional pardon if found In the Colony muy be commit- ted for the re-
mainder of their original sentence.
An Ordinance empowering His Excellency the Governor to grant
Conditional Pardons in certain cases.
W
[3rd March, 1860.]
HEREAS it is expedient to empower His Excellency the Governor to grant conditional pardons, in accordance with the terms of the Royal Charter of the Colony of Hongkong: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor to grant to any offender convicted of any crime, a pardon subject to either of the following conditions, as the case may be; that such offender shall quit the Colouy of Hongkong and not afterwards be found at large therein; or, that such offender shall, in lieu of the sentence of death which may have been passed upon or recorded against him, by any Court of competent jurisdiction, suffer such term of imprisonment or penal servitude as His Excellency may think fit.
2. Should any offender to whom a pardon has been granted on condition of his quitting the Colony be afterwards found at large therein, contrary to such condition it shall be lawful for any Police officer to apprehend such offender and convey him before a Magistrate, who shall make out a warrant, under his hand and seal, for the recommitment of such offender to prison, there to undergo the residue of his original sentence, as if no pardon had been granted. [Repealed by Ordinances Nos. 7 and 16 of 1870 and by No. 5 of 1871.]
[All repealed by Ordinances Nos. 8 of 1876, & 8 of 1882.]
No. 2 of 1860.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Jurors and Wit-
BE
nesses.
[3rd March, 1860.]
E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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