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Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Commencement.
Interpretation clause.
"Foreign State."
Power to prohibit or permit recruiting.
Power to impose conditions.
Power to rescind or vary orders.
Offences.
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1874.
Foreign Recruiting.
No. 7 of 1874.
An Ordinance to control recruiting in the Colony of Hongkong, for the service of Foreign States.
[16th November, 1874.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Governor in Council should exercise full control over recruiting in this Colony for the service of Foreign States: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Foreign Recruiting Ordinance, 1874": and shall come into force on the passing thereof.
2. In this Ordinance,-
"Foreign State" includes any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of this Colony.
3. If any person is, within the limits of this Colony, obtaining or attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any Foreign State in any capacity, the Governor in Council may, by order in writing signed by the Colonial Secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing, or permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose.
4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by general order notified in the Government Gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any Foreign State, or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he thinks fit.
5. The Governor in Council may rescind or vary any order made under this Ordinance in such manner as he thinks fit.
6. Whoever, in violation of the prohibition of the Governor in Council, or of any condition subject to which permission to recruit may have been accorded:-
(a.) Induces or attempts to induce any person to accept or agree to accept or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining any commission or employment in the service of any Foreign State; or
1358
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Commence- ment.
Interpreta- tion clause.
"Foreign State."
Power to prohibit or permit re- cruiting.
Power to impose con- ditions.
Power to rescind or vary orders.
Offences.
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1874.
Foreign Recruiting.
No. 7 of 1874.
An Ordinance to control recruiting in the Colony of Hongkong,
for the service of Foreign States.
W
[16th November, 1874.] HEREAS it is expedient that the Governor in Council should exercise full control over recruiting in this Colony for the service of Foreign States: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Foreign Recruiting Ordinance, 1874": and shall come into force on the passing thereof.
2. In this Ordinance,-
"Foreign State" includes any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of this Colony.
3. If any person is, within the limits of this Colony, obtaining or attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any Foreign State in any capacity, the Governor in Council may, by order in writing signed by the Colonial Secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing, or permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose.
4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by general order notified in the Government Gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any Foreign State, or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he thinks fit.
5. The Governor in Council may rescind or vary any order made under this Ordinance in such manner as he thinks fit.
6. Whoever, in violation of the prohibition of the Governor in Council, or of any condition subject to which permission to recruit may have been accorded:--
(a.) Induces or attempts to induce any person to accept or agree to accept or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining any commission or employment in the service of any Foreign State; or
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