288
ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1854.
Panel of Jurors.
Supreme Court-Summary Jurisdiction.
No. 4 of 1854.
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance 4 of 1851 ss. 6 and 7 amended.
10 jurymen to form panel.
An Ordinance for reducing the Number of Jurymen from Eighteen to Ten.
[31st October, 1854.]
WHEREAS in consequence of the more frequent holding of Criminal Sessions in future, it will be unnecessary to summon more than a panel of ten jurymen :
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that sections 6 and 7 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, be amended by substituting the word ten for the word eighteen so often as the same occurs therein respectively, in order to diminish the said panel by eight names.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 15 of 1856 (disallowed) and Ordinance No. 7 of 1857.]
Title.
Preamble.
Parts of Ordinance 9 of 1845 repealed.
Possession of tenements not exceeding $500 per annum, recoverable by plaint in the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
No. 5 of 1854.
An Ordinance to amend and extend Ordinance No. 9 of 1845, entitled "An Ordinance to invest the Supreme Court of Hongkong with a Summary Jurisdiction in certain cases."
[31st October, 1854.]
WHEREAS it is advisable to afford further facility for the recovery of the possession of lands and tenements the annual rental of which does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and accordingly to amend the Ordinance No. 9 of 1845 by extending its power to such cases of possession:-
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that so much of the first and other sections of Ordinance No. 9 of 1845 as are in any wise inconsistent or repugnant to the provisions of this Ordinance shall, as respects the application of the same, be deemed and are hereby repealed to such extent.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that when the term and interest of the tenant of any lands or tenements where the value of the premises or the rent payable in respect of such tenancy did not exceed the annual sum of five hundred dollars, shall have ended or shall have been duly determined by a legal notice to quit, and if such tenant or occupier of the same or any part thereof shall neglect or refuse to quit and deliver up possession of the premises or of such part thereof respectively, it shall be lawful for the landlord or his agent to enter a plaint (after the form in the schedule hereunto annexed) in the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction, and thereupon a
288
ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1854.
Panel of Jurors.
Supreme Court-Summary Jurisdiction.
No. 4 of 1854.
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance 4 of
1851 88. 6 and 7 ammended.
10 jurymen to forin panel.
An Ordinance for reducing the Number of Jurymen from Eighteen to
Ten.
WH
[31st October, 1854.] "HEREAS in consequence of the more frequent holding of Criminal Sessions in
future, it will be unnecessary to summon more than a panel of ten jurymen : 1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that sections 6 and 7 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, be amended by substituting the word ten for the word eighteen so often as the same occurs therein respectively, in order to diminish the said panel by eight names.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 15 of 1856 (disallowed) and Ordinance No. 7 of 1857.]
Title.
Preamble.
Parts of
Ordinance 9 of 1845 repealed.
Possession of tenements not
exceetling $500 per annum, recoverable by plaint in the summary
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
No. 5 of 1854.
An Ordinance to amend and extend Ordinance No. 9 of 1845, entitled "An Ordinance to invest the Supreme Court of Hongkong with a Summary Jurisdiction in certain cases.'
W
19
[31st October, 1854.]
HEREAS it is advisable to afford further facility for the recovery of the possession of lands and tenements the annual rental of which does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and accordingly to amend the Ordinance No. 9 of 1845 by extending its power to such cases of possession:-
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that so much of the first and other sections of Ordinauce No. 9 of 1845 as are in any wise inconsistent or repugnant to the provisions of this Ordinance shall, as respects the application of the same, be deemed and are hereby repealed to such extent.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that when the term and interest of the tenant of any lands or tenements where the value of the premises or the rent pay- able in respect of such tenancy did not exceed the annual sum of five hundred dollars, shall have ended or shall have been duly determined by a legal notice to quit, and if such tenant or occupier of the same or any part thereof shall neglect or refuse to quit and deliver up possession of the premises or of such part thereof respectively, it shall be lawful for the landlord or his agent to enter a plaint (after the form in the schedule hereunto annexed) in the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction, and thereupon a
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