ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1865.
Criminal Enactments Repeal.
No. 11 of 1865.
An Ordinance to repeal certain Enactments which have been consolidated in several Ordinances relating to Criminal Offences.
[14th June, 1865.]
Title.
WHEREAS by virtue of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, Preamble, divers acts and parts of acts of the Imperial Parliament made and passed prior to the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, are in force in this Colony, notwithstanding the same have been repealed by the Imperial Parliament; and whereas by six several Ordinances, relating respectively to offences against the person, malicious injuries to property, larceny, forgery, coining, and accessories and abettors, a large portion of the matter contained in the said acts and parts of acts, as also in several local enactments, has been consolidated and amended; and it is therefore expedient to limit the operation of the Ordinances firstly herein-before mentioned, so as to exclude therefrom the acts and parts of acts so repealed, and to repeal the said local enactments to the extent specified in the schedule hereto annexed: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, shall, after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, be so construed as not to include as of force in this Colony any Acts or parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament 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and twenty-fifth years of Her present Majesty, chapter ninety-five, and which said Acts or parts of Acts are thereby repealed.
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 The Ordinances mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed shall, after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, be repealed to the extent specified in the said schedule.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 before this Ordinance comes into operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined 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.
Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, how to be construed.
Ordinances in schedule repealed.
Previous sections not to affect offences, &c., committed before the commencement of this Ordinance.
ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1865.
Criminal Enactments Repeal.
No. 11 of 1865.
An Ordinance to repeal certain Enactments which have been consolidated
in several Ordinances relating to Criminal Offences.
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[14th June, 1865.]
Title.
HEREAS by virtue of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, Preamble,
divers acts and parts of acts of the Imperial Parliament made and passed prior to the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, are in force in this Colony, notwithstanding the same have been repealed by the Imperial Parliament; aud whereas by six several Ordinauces, relating respectively to offences against the person, malicious injuries to property, larceny, forgery, coining, and acces- sories and abettors, a large portion of the matter contained in the said acts and parts of acts, as also in several local enactments, has been consolidated and amended; and it is therefore expedient to limit the operation of the Ordinances firstly herein-before mentioned, so as to exclude therefrom the acts and parts of acts so repealed, and to repeal the said local enactments to the extent specified in the schedule hereto annexed: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1846, shall, after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, be so construed as not to in- clude as of force in this Colony any Acts or parts of Acts of the Imperial Parliament 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.
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 before this Ordinance comes into operation, shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined 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 Ordi- nance 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.
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Section 4 of Or- dinance No. 6. of 1845, and section 3 of Ordinance No.
2. of 1846, how to be construed.
Ordinances in schedule repealed.
Previous sections not to affect offences, &c., committed before the commencement
of this Ordi-
nauce.
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