104
ORDINANCES Nos. 18 AND 19 OF 1844.
Registration and Census.
Harbour Regulation.
Power to Governor in Council to vary by proclamation the provisions of this Ordinance.
Recovery of penalty.
General interpretation.
transfer or lend his registration ticket to any other person or shall wear or show the registration ticket of another as his own for the purpose of evading the provisions of this Ordinance, or shall refuse or fail to comply with any provisions of this Ordinance he shall where no other penalty is hereinbefore specially provided be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
17. And be it further enacted and ordained that in order to provide for the changing circumstances of the said Colony it shall and may be lawful from time to time for the Governor and Executive Council by proclamation made in the usual manner to alter or vary the several provisions of this Ordinance.
18. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all penalties enforced by this Ordinance shall be recovered in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate and that one moiety thereof shall go and be paid to the informer and in default of payment and on failure of any sufficient distress the party shall be liable to imprisonment with hard labor for any time not exceeding two calendar months.
Provided always that the penalty of imprisonment shall not in any case attach to the violation of any of the provisions hereinbefore contained respecting the returns to be made by any householder for the purpose of any census, so required as hereinbefore mentioned and it is hereby further ordained and provided that in the interpretation of this Ordinance every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons as well as one person and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male unless when such rule of interpretation shall be inconsistent with the context of this Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 7 of 1846.]
No. 19 of 1844.
Title.
Preamble.
Powers to Governor in Council from time to time to make laws and regulations for the harbour and surrounding waters of the Island.
An Ordinance for the better regulation of the Harbour and surrounding Waters of the Island of Hongkong.
WHEREAS [26th November, 1844,] from the vicinity of the said Island to the mainland and from the circumstance of a considerable portion of the Chinese dwelling in boats and the general necessity of introducing harbour and police regulations into the surrounding waters of the said Island it is expedient and necessary that concerning the same present and future regulations should be made:
Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Island from time to time after the passing of this Ordinance to publish and declare such laws rules and regulations...
104
ORDINANCES Nos. 18 AND 19 OF 1844.
Registration and Census.
Harbour Regulation.
Power to
Governor in Council to vary by proclamation
the provisions
of this Ordinance.
Recovery of penalty.
General interpretation.
transfer or lend his registration ticket to any other person or shall wear or show the registration ticket of another as his own for the purpose of evading the provisions of this Ordinance, or shall refuse or fail to comply with any provisions of this Ordinance he shall where no other penalty is hereinbefore specially provided be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
17. And be it further enacted and ordained that in order to provide for the changing circumstances of the said Colony it shall and may be lawful from time to time for the Governor and Executive Council by proclamation made in the usual manner to alter or vary the several provisions of this Ordinance.
18. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all penalties enforced by this Ordinance shall be recovered in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate and that one moiety thereof shall go and be paid to the informer and in default of payment and on failure of any sufficient distress the party shall be liable to imprisonment with hard labor for any time not exceeding two calendar months.
Provided always that the penalty of imprisonment shall not in any case attach to the violation of any of the provisions hereinbefore contained respecting the returns to be made by any householder for the purpose of any census, so required as hereinbefore mentioned and it is hereby further ordained and provided that in the interpretation of this Ordinance every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons as well as one person and every word importing the mas culine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male unless when such rule of interpretation shall be inconsistent with the context of this Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 7 of 1846.]
No. 19 of 1844.
Title.
Preamble.
Powers to Gov- ernor in Council
from time to time
to make laws and regulations for
the harbour and surrounding waters of the
An Ordinance for the better regulation of the Harbour and surrounding
Waters of the Island of Hongkong.
WHERE
[26th November, 1844,]
“HEREAS from the vicinity of the said Island to the mainland and from the circumstance of a considerable portion of the Chinese dwelling in boats and the general necessity of introducing harbour and police regulations into the surrounding waters of the said Island it is expedient and necessary that concerning the same present and future regulations should be made:
Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Island from time to time after the passing of this Ordinance to publish and declare such laws rules and
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