ORDINANCES Nos. 6 AND 7 OF 1880.
Status of French Mail Steamers.
No. 6 of 1880.
Gaol Amendment.
An Ordinance entitled,-"An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong."
[31st August, 1880.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The steam packets of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, employed by the French Post Office in carrying mails to and from this Colony, shall, when in the ports of this Colony, be considered and treated as vessels of war, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities of vessels of war, and shall not for any cause be diverted from their special duties, or be liable to seizure or detention by order of any Court or Judge.
2. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, and no rights or privileges hereby granted, shall affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors.
3. This Ordinance shall continue in force, until the first day of September, A.D. 1881, inclusive.
NOTE.— The Ordinance was continued in force by annual enactment down to 30th, September 1890.
Status of Messageries Maritimes steamers.
Saving rights of Crown.
Expiry of Ordinance.
No. 7 of 1880.
An Ordinance entitled," The Prisons Regulations Amendment Ordinance, 1880."
[31st August, 1880.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Ordinance 2 of 1878 is hereby repealed.
2. Section 11 of Ordinance 4 of 1863 is hereby amended, by omitting the words "or if the prisoner be under conviction of felony to punish by moderate corporal punishment not exceeding twelve strokes of a rattan," and by adding at the end of the section the words "Provided that no imprisonment under this section shall continue after the expiration of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority."
3. Section 12 of the same Ordinance is hereby amended, by inserting after the words "above offences" the words "with the exception of idleness or negligence in work," and by substituting for the words "Such Superintendent in conjunction with any Justice of the Peace" the words "any Police Magistrate," and by adding at the end of the section the words "Punishments imposed under this section shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the expiration of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority."
Ordinance 2 of 1878 repealed.
Amending section 11 of Ordinance 4 of 1863.
Amending section 12 of Ordinance 4 of 1863.
ORDINANCES Nos. 6 AND 7 OF 1880.
Status of French Mail Steamers.
No. 6 of 1880.
Gaol Amendment.
An Ordinance entitled,-"An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong."
BR
[31st August, 1880.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The steam packets of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, employed by the French Post Office in carrying mails to and from this Colony, shall, when in the ports of this Colony, be considered and treated as vessels of war, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities of vessels of war, and shall not for any cause be diverted from their special duties, or be liable to seizure or detention by order of any Court or Judge.
2. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, and no rights or privileges hereby granted, shall affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors.
3. This Ordinance shall continue in force, until the first day of September, A.D. 1881, inclusive.
NOTE.— The Ordinance was continued in force by annual enactment down
30th, 1890.
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Status of Mes- sageries Mari- tines steamers,
Saving rights of Crown,
Expiry of Ordi-
nance.
No. 7 of 1880.
An Ordinance entitled," The Prisons Regulations Amendment Ordi-
nance, 1880."
BR
[31st August, 1880.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Ordinance 2 of 1878 is hereby repealed.
2. Section 11 of Ordinance 4 of 1863 is hereby amended, by omitting the words "or if the prisoner be under conviction of felony to punish by moderate corporal punishment not exceeding twelve strokes of a rattan," and by adding at the end of the section the words "Provided that no imprisonment under this section shall continue after the expiration of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority."
3. Section 12 of the same Ordinance is hereby amended, by inserting after the words “above offences" the words "with the exception of idleness or negligence in work," and by substituting for the words "Such Superintendent in conjunction with any Justice of the Peace" the words "any Police Magistrate," and by adding at the end of the section the words “Punishments imposed under this section shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the expiration of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority."
Ordinance 2 of 1878 repealed.
Amending Ordinance 4 of
section 11 of
1868.
Amending
section 12 of Ordinance 4 of 1863.
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