ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1844.
Slavery.
Printing Regulation.
matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such Construction.
[Disallowed in C.O.D., No. 26, 12th August, 1844,]
No. 2 of 1844.
An Ordinance to regulate the printing of books and papers, and the keeping of printing presses within the Colony of Hongkong.
[28th February, 1844.]
BE it enacted, that from and after the first day of April now next ensuing, no printed periodical work whatever, containing public news or comments on public news, shall be published within the Colony of Hongkong, except in conformity with the rules hereinafter laid down.
BE it enacted, or
(1.) The printer and the publisher of every such periodical work shall appear before the Chief Magistrate of Police at Hongkong, and shall make and subscribe in duplicate the following declaration "I A. B. declare that I am the printer "(or publisher, or printer and publisher) of the periodical work intitled
"or printed and published) at Hongkong,"
and printed (or published,
and the last blank in this form of declaration shall be filled up with a true and precise account of the premise where the printing or publication is conducted.
(2.) As often as the place of printing or publication is changed a new declaration shall be necessary.
(3.) As often as the printer or the publisher, who shall have made such declaration as is aforesaid, shall leave the Colony of Hongkong, a new declaration from a printer or publisher resident within the said Colony shall be necessary.
2. And be it enacted, that whoever shall print or publish any such periodical work as is hereinbefore prescribed, without conforming to the rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall print or publish, or shall cause to be printed or published, any such periodical work, knowing that the said rules have not been observed with respect to that work, shall on conviction be punished with fine, to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
3. And be it enacted, that each of the two originals, of every declaration so made and subscribed as is aforesaid, shall be authenticated by the signature and seal of the said Chief Magistrate of Police; and one of the said originals shall be deposited among the records of the office of the said Chief Magistrate, and the other original shall be deposited among the records of such Supreme Court of Judicature as may
No newspaper to be published save in accordance with the rules hereinafter mentioned.
Printer and publisher to make declaration.
New declaration on change of residence.
New declaration on former printer or publisher leaving the Colony.
Punishment and penalty for non-observance of above rules.
Declaration to be deposited in office of Chief Magistrate and in the Supreme Court.
ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1844.
Slavery.
Printing Regulation.
matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such Construction.
[Disallowed in C.O.D., No. 26, 12th August, 1844,]
No. 2 of 1844.
An Ordinance to regulate the printing of books and papers, and the
keeping of printing presses within the Colony of Hongkong.
[28th February, 1844.]
E it enacted, that from and after the first day of April now next ensuing, no printed periodical work whatever, containing public news or comments on public news, shall be published within the Colony of Hongkong, except in conformity with the rules hereinafter laid down.
BE or
(1.) The printer and the publisher of every such periodical work shall appear before the Chief Magistrate of Police at Hongkong, and shall make and subscribe in duplicate the following declaration "I A. B. declare that I am the printer "(or publisher, or printer and publisher) of the periodical work intitled
"or printed and published) at Hongkong,"
and printed (or published,
and the last blank in this form of declaration shall be filled up with a true and precise account of the premise where the printing or publication is conducted.
(2.) As often as the place of printing or publication is changed a new declaration shall be necessary.
(3.) As often as the printer or the publisher, who shall have made such declaration as is aforesaid, shall leave the Colony of Hongkong, a new declaration from a printer or publisher resident within the said Colony shall be necessary.
2. And be it enacted, that whoever shall print or publish any such periodical work as is hereinbefore prescribed, without conforming to the rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall print or publish, or shall cause to be printed or published, any such periodical work, knowing that the said rules have not been observed with respect to that work, shall on conviction be punished with fine, to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
3. And be it enacted, that each of the two originals, of every declaration so made and subscribed as is aforesaid, shall be authenticated by the signature and seal of the said Chief Magistrate of Police; and one of the said originals shall be deposited among the records of the office of the said Chief Magistrate, and the other original. shall be deposited among the records of such Supreme Court of Judicature as may
No newspaper to be published save in accord- ance with the- rules hereinafter mentioned.
Printer and pub- lisher to make declaration.
New declaration. on change of re- sidence.
New declaration on former printer or publisher leav ing the Colony.
Punishment and penalty for non- observance of above rules,
Declaration to be deposited in office of Chief Magistrate and in the Supreme Court.
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