ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1871.
4099
Supreme Court-Summary Jurisdiction.
Rendition of Chinese Criminals.
COSTS OF APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
Counsel, $25 and $2.50 for every $100 or part of $100 of the sum in dispute above $200.
Attorney, $50 to $100.
N.B. The costs specified in this schedule shall cover all costs whatever, under this Ordinance, except fees of Court and other necessary disbursements.
The delivery of a brief to a counsel shall operate as a retainer.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 14 of 1873.]
No. 2 of 1871.
An Ordinance to remove Doubts as to the Application of Ordinance No. 2 of 1850.
[29th May, 1871.]
WHEREAS by Ordinance No. 2 of 1850 provision is made for the carrying out of treaties between Great Britain and China for the rendition for trial of criminals, subjects of China, who may take refuge in Hongkong; And whereas by Article XXI of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty the Queen and the Emperor of China, signed at Tientsin on the 26th day of June, 1858, and ratified at Peking on the 24th day of October, 1860, (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Tientsin), it is agreed and provided that "if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for, and on proof of their guilt, be delivered up," And whereas doubts have arisen as to the application of Ordinance No. 2 of 1850, to treaties made and entered into after the passing of the said Ordinance, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Ordinance No. 2 of 1850 is hereby declared to apply to the rendition for trial of criminals claimed by the Chinese Government under treaties made and entered into between Great Britain and China as well after as before the passing of the said Ordinance, and all criminals whose rendition may be claimed by the Chinese Government under Article XXI of the Treaty of Tientsin, may be dealt with under the provisions of the said Ordinance in the same manner in every respect as if the said Treaty were expressly mentioned and included among the treaties referred to in the preamble of the said Ordinance.
Preamble.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1850 declared to apply to the treaty of Tientsin.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1889.]
ORDINANCES Nos. 1 AND 2 OF 1871.
4099
Supreme Court-Summary Jurisdiction.
Rendition of Chinese Criminals.
COSTS OF APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE
PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
Counsel,
Attorney, $25 and $2.50 for every $100 or part of $100 of the sum in dispute above $200.
.$50 to $100.
N.B. The costs specified in this schedule shall cover all costs whatever, under this Ordinance, except
fees of Court and other necessary disbursements.
The delivery of a brief to a counsel shall operate as a retainer.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 14 of 1873.]
No. 2 of 1871.
An Ordinance to remove Doubts as to the Application of Ordinance No.
2 of 1850.
W
[29th May, 1871.]
HEREAS by Ordinance No. 2 of 1850 provision is made for the carrying out of
treations
between Great Britain and China for the rendition for trial of criminals, subjects of China, who may take refuge in Hongkong; And whereas by Article XXI of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty the Queen and the Emperor of China, signed at Tientsin on the 26th day of June, 1858, and ratified at Peking on the 24th day of October, 1860, (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Tientsin), it is agreed and provided that "if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for, and on proof of their guilt, be delivered up," And whereas doubts have arisen as to the application of Ordinance No. 2 of 1850, to treaties made and entered into after the passing of the said Ordinance, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Ordinance No. 2 of 1850-is hereby declared to apply to the rendition for trial of criminals claimed by the Chinese Government under treaties made and entered into between Great Britain and China as well after as before the passing of the said Ordi- nance, and all criminals whose rendition may be claimed by the Chinese Government under Article XXI of the Treaty of Tientsip, may be dealt with under the provisions of the said Ordmance in the same manner in every respect as if the said Treaty were expressly mentioned and included among the treaties referred to in the preamble of the said Ordinance.
Preamble.
Ordinance No.
2 of 1850 declared to apply to the treaty of
Tientsin.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1889.]
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