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ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1847.
Markets.
Coroner's Juries.
Penalty, how recovered, &c.
Provisions under this Ordinance not liable to appeal.
Title.
Preamble.
Coroner's jury to consist of three persons.
Any person duly summoned as a Juror, not attending, liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
Coroner to make out certificate of name, surname, &c., of the defaulter, to be transmitted to a Magistrate of Police.
Copy of certificate to be served upon the person fined.
How penalty is to be levied.
offence forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as penalties are made recoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844: Provided always, that in case any such conviction shall take place and be had on the evidence of any common or public informer, he or she shall be entitled to one moiety of the said fine or forfeiture.
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8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all proceedings under the present Ordinance shall not be subject to appeal, nor shall be removed nor removable by certiorari or otherwise into any Court whatever.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1854.]
No. 5 of 1847.
An Ordinance for regulating Juries at Coroner's Inquests.
[26th August, 1847.]
WHEREAS owing to the rapid decomposition of dead bodies in this climate, and the delay which must inevitably take place before a jury of six persons can be assembled, according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 7 of 1845, to form a Coroner's jury, great inconvenience has arisen to the public:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that on all inquests hereafter to be held by the Coroner of Hongkong no greater number than three jurors shall be necessary, and that every finding of a jury consisting of not less than three jurors, shall be, to all intents and purposes, as good, valid, and effectual in law, as if such finding had been the finding of six jurors.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that when any person shall have been duly summoned to attend as a juror by the said Coroner of Hongkong, and shall fail or neglect to attend at the time and place specified in such summons, it shall be lawful for the said Coroner to cause such person to be openly called in his Court three times, to appear and serve as a juror, and upon the non-appearance of such person, and proof that such summons has been served upon him, or left at his usual place of abode, to impose such fine upon the person so making default, not exceeding fifty dollars, as to such Coroner shall seem fit; and such Coroner shall make out and sign a certificate, containing the name and surname, the residence and trade or calling of every person so making default, together with the amount of the fine which shall have been imposed, and the cause of such fine, and shall transmit such certificate to one of the Magistrates of Police of Hongkong, who shall cause a copy of such certificate to be served upon the person so fined, by having it left at his usual place of residence, or by sending the same through the Post Office, addressed as aforesaid, and thereupon such Magistrate of Police shall cause such fine to be levied according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, in the same manner as if the said fine had been imposed by himself.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.]
224
ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1847.
Markets.
Coroner's Juries.
Penalty, how recovered, &c.
Provisions under this Ordinance not liable to appeal.
Title.
Preamble.
Coroner's jury to consist of three persons.
Any person duly summoned as a Juror, not attend-
Ing, liable to a pe- nalty not exceed- ing fifty dollars.
Coroner to make out certificate of
name, surname, &c., of the de- faulter, to be
transmitted to a Magistrate of Police.
Copy of certifl-
cate to be served upon the person fined.
How penalty is to be levied.
offence forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as penalties are made recoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844: Provided always, that in case any such conviction shall take place and be had on the evidence of any common or public informer, he or she shall be entitled to one moiety of the said fine or forfeiture.
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8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all proceedings under the present Ordinance shall not be subject to appeal, nor shall be removed nor removable by certiorari or otherwise into any Court whatever.
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[Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1854.]
No. 5 of 1847.
An Ordinance for regulating Juries at Coroner's Inquests.
[26th August, 1847.]
HEREAS owing to the rapid decomposition of dead bodies in this climate, and the delay which must inevitably take place before a jury of six persons can be assembled, according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 7 of 1845, to form a Coroner's jury, great inconvenience has arisen to the public:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that on all inquests hereafter to be held by the Coroner of Hongkong no greater number than three jurors shall be necessary, and that every finding of a jury consisting of not less than three jurors, shall be, to all intents and purposes, as good, valid, and effectual in law, as if such finding had been the finding of six jurors.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that when any person shall have been duly summoned to attend as a juror by the said Coroner of Hongkong, and shall fail or neglect to attend at the time and place specified in such summons, it shall be lawful for the said Coroner to cause such person to be openly called in his Court three times, to appear and serve as a juror, and upon the non-appearance of such person, and proof that such summons has been served upon him, or left at his usual place of abode, to 'impose such fine upon the person so making default, not exceeding fifty dollars, as to such Coroner shall seem fit; and such Coroner shall make out and sign a certificate, containing the name and surname, the residence and trade or calling of every person so making default, together with the amount of the fine which shall have been imposed, and the cause of such fine, and shall transmit such certificate to one of the Magistrates of Police of Hongkong, who shall cause a copy of such certificate to be served upon the person so fined, by having it left at his usual place of residence, or by sending the same through the Post Office, addressed as aforesaid, and thereupon such Magistrate of Police shall cause such fine to be levied according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, in the same manner as if the said fine had been imposed by himself,
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.]
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