ORDINANCES No. 6 OF 1847 AND No. 1 OF 1848.
Magistrates-Summary Jurisdiction.
Gunpowder.
or Magistrates, shall stand and be used in the place of an indictment or information, and that the said Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after demand made by any person so convicted as aforesaid, deliver to him a copy of such depositions and certificate upon his paying for the same a fee of sixpence for every folio of ninety words, which said depositions and certificate shall be evidence as well for the defendant as for the prosecutor.
10. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in all criminal cases where by the laws of England or the local ordinances, persons committed for trial shall be entitled to copies of the depositions taken by a Magistrate previous to their commitment, it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to permit such copies to be made on the payment of a fee of sixpence per folio of ninety words.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Magistrates or Justices, or any or either of them, to decide in a summary manner all cases of dispute or wages between masters and servants, as if such cases had been brought before the Supreme Court within its summary jurisdiction.
12. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance unless there be something repugnant thereto, any word denoting the singular number and male sex shall be taken to extend to any number of persons or things, and to both sexes.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1849.]
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Magistrates, shall be used in lieu of indictment or information in cases of appeal. Defendant entitled to copies of depositions, &c.
Parties committed for trial entitled to copies of depositions on payment of sixpence per folio of ninety words.
Magistrate empowered to decide in cases of wages, &c. between masters and servants.
Rules for construction of Ordinance.
No. 1 of 1848.
An Ordinance to regulate the Manufacture and Storage of a certain Description of Gunpowder within the Colony of Hongkong.
WHEREAS it has hitherto been a subject of public complaint that gunpowder has from time to time been manufactured and stored within the said Colony in a manner endangering the persons and property of the inhabitants thereof; and whereas it is deemed necessary to make provision against such practice:
Title.
Preamble.
[See Ord. No. 12 of 1872.]
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained, that no person shall manufacture or make, or cause to be manufactured or made, any gunpowder, or any preparation of brimstone for the purpose of employing it within certain limits of
ORDINANCES No. 6 OF 1847 AND No. 1 OF 1848.
Magistrates-Summary Jurisdiction.
Gunpowder.
or Magistrates, shall stand and be used in the place of an indictment or information, and that the said Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after demand made by any person so convicted as aforesaid, deliver to him a copy of such depositions and certificate upon his paying for the same a fee of sixpence for every folio of ninety words, which said depositions and certificate shall be evidence as well for the defendant as for the prosecutor.
10. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in all criminal cases where by the laws of England or the local ordinances, persons committed for trial shall be entitled to copies of the depositions taken by a Magistrate previous to their commitment, it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to permit such copies to be made on the payment of a fee of sixpence per folio of ninety words.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Magistrates or Justices, or any or either of them, to decide in a summary manner all cases of dispute or wages between masters and servants, as if such cases had been brought before the Supreme Court within its summary jurisdiction.
12. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance unless there be something repugnant thereto, any word denoting the singular number and male sex shall be taken to extend to any number of persons or things, and to both sexes.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1849.]
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Magistrates, shall be used in lieu of
indictment or information in cases of appeal. Defendant entitled to copies of depositions, &c.
Parties
committed for trial entitled to copies of depositions on payment of sixpence per folio of ninety words.
Magistrate empowered to decide in cases of wages, &c. between masters and servants.
Rules for construction of Ordinance.
No. 1 of 1848.
An Ordinance to regulate the Manufacture and Storage of a certain Description of Gunpowder within the Colony of Hongkong.
WHE
[31st August, 1848.]
HEREAS it has hitherto been a subject of public complaint that gunpowder has from time to time been manufactured and stored within the said Colony in a manner endangering the persons and pro- perty of the inhabitants thereof; and whereas it is deemed necessary to make provision against such practice:-
Title.
Preamble.
[See Ord. No. 12 of 1872.]
Gunpowder not to be ma-
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained, that no person shall ma- nufacture or make, or cause to be manufactured or made, any gun-nufactured powder, or any preparation of brimstone for the purpose of employing it tain limits of
within cer-
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