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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1886.
Search. Inspection. Certified copies.
[No. 2 of 1844, s. 3, 5, 44 and 45 V. c. 60 s. 13.]
Copies of entries, &c. in Register to be evidence of contents.
[44 and 45 V. c. 60, s. 15, substituted for No. 2 of 1844, ss. 3, 5 in part.]
[This covers s. 6 of No. 2 of 1844.]
Penalty for making wilful misrepresentation in Declarations. [S. of No. 2 of 1844, s. 12, if 44 and 45 V. c. 60.] (£100.)
General exceptions. [8 Geo. III c. 79, s. 1, re-enacted in 32 and 33 V. c. 94 sch.]
Recovery of Penalties. [44 and 45 V. c. 60, s. 16.]
Limitation of prosecution or action. [39 Geo. III c. 79, s. 34.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
4 Schedule hereunto annexed, such Declaration to be made in like manner as is prescribed for the Declarations hereinbefore mentioned, and whoever shall keep in his possession any such press without making such Declaration shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
PART IV.—General.
20. All persons shall be at liberty to search and inspect the Newspaper Register from time to time during the hours of business of the Supreme Court on payment of $1, for every such search and inspection, and any person may require a copy of any entry or an extract from the said book to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the Court on payment of $2 for every such copy.
21. Every copy of an entry in or extract from the Newspaper Register as aforesaid purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the said Court shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents of the said Register so far as the same appear in such copy or extract without proof of the signature thereto or of the seal of the Court affixed thereto and every such certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings civil or criminal be accepted as sufficient prima facie evidence of all the matters and things thereby appearing unless and until the contrary thereof be shown.
22. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully make or cause to be made any Declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be made in which there shall be any untruth or misrepresentation or from which there shall be any omission in respect of any of the particulars by this Ordinance required to be contained therein whereby such Declaration shall be misleading, or if any proprietor of a newspaper shall knowingly and wilfully permit any Declaration under Sections 4 and 7 of this Ordinance to be made which shall be misleading with reference to his own name, occupation, place of business (if any) or place of residence, every such offender being convicted thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.
23. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of any engraving or to the printing by letter press of the name or of the name and addresses or business or profession of any person or of the article in which he deals or of any paper containing an advertisement of the sale of any estates or goods by auction or otherwise or of ordinary business notices or advertisements.
24. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered summarily before a Police Magistrate according to the Laws for the time being in force within the Colony regulating Summary Procedure.
25. No person shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed by this Ordinance unless such prosecution shall be commenced or such action shall be brought within 6 months next after such penalty shall have been incurred; nor unless such prosecution or action be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed in the name of the Attorney General for the time being of the Colony and with his assent.
26. This Ordinance shall commence and come into operation on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
Form of Declaration by Printer and/or Publisher under s. 4.
THE SCHEDULES ABOVE REFERRED TO.
Form I.
1. [full name and address] declare that I am the Printer [or Publisher or Printer and Publisher as the case may be] of the Newspaper entitled
and Printed [or Published or Printed and Published as the case may be] at Hongkong, the premises where such printing [or Publication or Printing and Publication] is carried on are situate at [here describe them precisely] and I further declare that [here state the full name of the proprietor or proprietors or "representative proprietors,” (see s. 10),] is (or are) the proprietor [or proprietors or "representative proprietors"] of the said Newspaper [here state their respective occupations, places of business (if any) and places of residence.]
Declared, &c.
[Signature of Printer and Publisher, &c.]
[Signature of Registrar and Seal of the Court.]
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1886.
Search. Inspection. Certified copie
[No. 2 of 1844, s. 3. 5, 44 and 45 V. c. 60 s. 13.1
Coples of
entries, &c. in Register to be evidence of contents.
[44 and 45 V.
c. 60. R. 15,
LI
subtituted
for No. 2 of
IF44. ss. 3, 5 in part]
¡This covers s. 6 of No. 2 of 1844.]
Penalty for
making wilful mis "presenta- tion in Declarations. ¡S. of No. 2
1944, s. 12
if 44 and 45 V.
c. 60.]
(£100.)
General
exceptions, [8.) deo. III c. 79, s. 1, re- enacted in
32 and 33 V. c. 94 sch.]
Accovery of Penalties.
544 and 15 V. c. 60, s. 16.]
Limitation of
prosecntion or action. [39 Geo. 111 c. 79, s. 34,]
Commence-
ment of Ordinance.
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Schedule hereunto annexed, such Declaration to be made in like manner as is prescribed for the Declarations herein. before mentioned, and whoever shall keep in his possession any such press without making such Declaration shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
PART IV.-General.
20. All persons shall be at liberty to search and inspect the Newspaper Register from time to time during the hours of business of the Supreme Court on payment of $1, for every such search and inspection, and any person may require a copy of any entry or an extract from the said book to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the Court on payment of $2 for every such copy.
•
21. Every copy of an entry in or extract from the News- paper Register as aforesaid purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the said Court shall be received as conclusive evidence of the contents of the said Register so far as the same appear in such copy or extract without proof of the signature thereto or of the seal of the Court affixed thereto and every such certified copy or extract shall in all proceedings civil or criminal be accepted as sufficient prima facie evidence of all the matters and things thereby appearing unless and until the contrary thereof be shown.
22. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully make or cause to be made any Declaration by this Ordinance required or permitted to be made in which there shall be any untruth or misrepresentation or from which there shall be any omission in respect of any of the particulars by this Ordinance required to be contained therein whereby such Declaration shall be misleading, or if any proprietor of a newspaper shall knowingly and wilfully permit any Declaration under Sections 4 and 7 of this Ordinance to be made which shall be misleading with reference to his own name, occupation, place of business (if any) or place of residence, every such offender being convicted thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.
23. This Ordinance shall not extend or apply to the impression of any engraving or to the printing by letter press of the name or of the name and addresses or business or profession of any person or of the article in which he deals or of any paper containing an advertisement of the sale of any estates or goods by auction or otherwise or of ordinary business notices or advertisements.
24. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered summarily before a Police Magistrate according to the Laws for the time being in force within the Colony regu- lating Summary Procedure.
25. No person shall be prosecuted or sued for any penalty imposed by this Ordinance unless such prosecution shall be commenced or such action shall be brought within 6 months next after such penalty shall have been incurred; nor unless such. prosecution or action be commenced, pro- secuted, entered, or filed in the name of the Attorney General for the time being of the Colony and with his assent.
26. This Ordinance shall commence and come into opera- tion on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor,
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
Form of Declaration by Printer andfor Publisher under s. 4.
THE SCHEDULES ABOVE REFERRED TO.
Form I.
1. [full name and address] declare that I am the Printer [or Pube lisher or Printer and Publisher as the case may be] of the Newspaper entitled
and Printed
For Published or Printed and Published as the case may be] at Hongkong, the premises where such printing [or Publication or Printing and Publication] is carried on are situate at [here describe them precisely] and I further declare that [here state the full name of the proprietor or proprietors or "representative proprietors,” (see s. 10),] is (or are) the proprietor [or proprietors or "represent- ative proprietors"] of the said Newspaper [here state their respective occupations, places of business (if any) and places of residence.]
Declared, &c.
[Signature of Printer and Publisher, &c.]
[Signature of Registrar and
Seal of the Court.]
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