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ORDINANCES. No. 6 OF 1852 AND No. 1 OF 1853.
Desertion of Seamen.
Gaol Regulation.
Manner of recovering penalties.
Where no special penalty provided for infringement of this Ordinance, one not exceeding £10, leviable. Provision as to want of form on conviction or warrant; and as to certiorari.
Application of fees.
13. That where no other mode has been provided, all pecuniary fines under this Ordinance shall be recoverable before any one Magistrate on summary proceeding, and if such fine be not paid, the amount thereof, with costs, if any, shall be levied on the offender's goods and chattels; or if the offenders fail to point out sufficient goods and chattels whereon to levy, such offender may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, and the Magistrate before whom the case may be heard, may award the whole or any part of the fine as a compensation for injuries sustained, or as a reward to any person who may have been active in the apprehension of the offender.
14. That any infringement of the provisions of this Ordinance not provided for by any special penalty, shall subject the offender to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds sterling, and that no conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari into the Supreme Court, and no warrant of committal shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, so that there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
15. That the fees levied under this Ordinance be accounted for by the Harbour Master or any other person receiving the same to the Colonial Government in the usual way, and that such fees be applied in making the Water Police of the harbour of Hongkong a more numerous and effective body, in adding if necessary to the establishment attached to the Harbour Master's office, and towards providing for the relief of sick seamen in such manner as shall seem proper to the Governor and the Executive Council.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
Title:
Preamble.
No. 1 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Regulation of the Gaol of Hongkong.
[20th September, 1853.]
WHEREAS it is desirable that certain rules prescribed for the government of the gaol of Hongkong receive the sanction of a Legislative enactment, that certain penalties be provided for the breach of such rules, and that provision be made for their future modification and improvement: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
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ORDINANCES. No. 6 OF 1852 AND No. 1 OF 1853.
Desertion of Seamen.
Gaol Regulation.
Manner of reco- vering penalties.
Where no special penalty provided for infringement ofthis Ordinance, one not exceed- ing £10, leviable. Provision as to want of form on conviction or warrant; and as to certiorari.
Application of fees.
13. That where no other mode has been provided, all pecuniary fines under this Ordinance shall be recoverable before any one Magistrate on summary proceeding, and if such fine be not paid, the amount thereof, with costs, if any, shall be levied on the offender's goods and chattels; or if the offenders fail to point out sufficient goods and chattels whereon to levy, such offender may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, and the Magistrate before whom the case may be heard, may award the whole or any part of the fine as a compensation for injuries sustained, or as a reward to any person who may have been active in the apprehension of the offender.
14. That any infringement of the provisions of this Ordinance not provided for by any special penalty, shall subject the offender to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds sterling, and that no conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari into the Supreme Court, and no warrant of committal shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, so that there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
15. That the fees levied under this Ordinance be accounted for by the Harbour Master or any other person receiving the same to the Colonial Government in the usual way,
and that such fees be applied in making the Water Police of the harbour of Hongkong a more numerous and effective body, in adding if necessary to the estab- lishment attached to the Harbour Master's office, and towards providing for the relief of sick seamen in such manner as shall seem proper to the Governor and the Executive Council.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
Title:
Preamble.
No. 1 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Regulation of the Gaol of Hongkong.
[20th September, 1853.]
THEREAS it is desirable that certain rules prescribed for the government of the
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gaol of Hongkong receive the sanction of a Legislative enactment, that certain penalties be provided for the breach of such rules, and that provision be made for their future modification and improvement: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
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