ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1846.
Registration and Census.
No. of 1846.
207
An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of 1844, and to establish a more effectual Registry of the Chinese Inhabitants, and a Census of the Population of the Island of Hongkong.
[31st December, 1846.]
WHEREAS the islands, ports, harbours, coasts, and places near and adjacent to the Island of Hongkong and its dependencies are infested by pirates and robbers; and whereas it is necessary for the protection of the lives and property of the inhabitants of this Colony, and in order the more effectually to prevent crime, that such pirates and robbers, and other persons of notoriously bad character, should not be permitted to resort to or reside in the said Colony, and it is deemed expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of 13th November 1844, entitled, "An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 16 of 1844, and to establish a Registry and Census of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hongkong," and to substitute other rules and regulations in lieu thereof:
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance No. 18 of 1844.
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, that the said Ordinance No. 18 of the year 1844 be, and the same is hereby repealed, save and except that the office thereby established, and therein called "The Census and Registration Office," shall continue for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and the duties and business thereof shall be discharged and performed by a Registrar General and other officers and assistants to be nominated by His Excellency the Governor, and which said Registrar General, officers, and assistants shall receive such salary and salaries as His Excellency the Governor in Council may be pleased to appoint subject to Her Majesty's pleasure.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that after the passing of this Ordinance, the Registrar General appointed by Ordinance No. 18 of 1844, or to be appointed under this Ordinance, shall, while he continues to act as such Registrar General, be joint Superintendent of Police, a Justice of the Peace, and Protector of Chinese inhabitants in the said Colony; and that it shall be his duty to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and to discover and apprehend the perpetrators thereof, and generally to protect the Chinese inhabitants of this Colony; and for the purposes of this Ordinance the said Registrar General is hereby authorised at any time or times to enter any house or boat within the Colony or adjacent waters wholly or partly inhabited or manned by Chinese.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Registrar General, with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, or Officer Administering the Government for the time being, to divide the Colony of Hongkong into districts; and that the officers appointed under Ordinance No. 13 of 1844, and therein called Paouchong and Paoukea, shall be obedient to the orders of the said Registrar General by direction of the Governor may divide the Colony into districts.
ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1846.
Registration and Census.
No. of 1846.
207
An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of 1844, and to establish a more effectual Registry of the Chinese Inhabitants, and a Census of the Population of the Island of Hongkong.
W
[31st December, 1846.]
THEREAS the islands, ports, harbours, coasts, and places near and adjacent to the Island of Hongkong and its dependencies are infested by pirates and robbers; and whereas it is necessary for the protection of the lives and property of the inhabitants of this Colony, and in order the more effectually to prevent crime, that such pirates and robbers, and other persons of notoriously bad character, should not be permitted to resort to or reside in the said Colony, and it is deemed expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of 13th November 1844, entitled, " An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 16 of 1844, and to establish a Registry and Census of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hongkong," and to substitute other rules and regulations in lieu thereof:
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance No. 18 of 1844.
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong. Repeal of kong, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, that the said Ordinance No. 18 of the year 1844 be, and the same is hereby repealed, save and except that the office thereby established, and therein called "The Census and Regis tration Office," shall continue for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and the duties and business thereof shall be discharged and performed by a Registrar General and other officers and assistants to be nominated by His Excellency the Governor, and which said Registrar General, officers, and assistants shall receive such salary and salaries as His Excellency the Governor in Council may be pleased to appoint subject to Her Majesty's pleasure.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that after the passing of this Ordi- nance, the Registrar General appointed by Ordinance No. 18 of 1844, or to be appointed under this Ordinance, shall, while he continues to act as such Registrar General, be joint Superintendent of Police, a Justice of the Peace, and Protector of Chinese inhabitants in the said Colony; and that it shall be his duty to use his best endeavours prevent the commission of crime, and to discover and apprehend the perpetrators thereof, and generally to protect the Chinese inhabitants of this Colony; and for the purposes of this Ordinance the said Registrar General is hereby authorised at any time or times to enter any house or boat within the Colony or adjacent waters wholly or partly inhabited or manned by Chinese.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Registrar General, with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, or Officer Administering the Government for the time being, to divide the Colony of Hongkong into districts; and that the officers appointed under Ordinance No. 13 of 1844, and therein called Paouchong and Paoukea, shall be obedient to the orders of the said
Duties of Registrar General.
Registrar General by direction of the Governor may divide the Colony into districts.
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