ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1850.
Rendition of Chinese.
Church.
241
Governor may order Magistrate, &c., to arrest Chinese subjects
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for the said Governor to issue his warrant or order to any Magistrate, jailer, or officer of Police, for the apprehension, detention, examination, transmission, or otherwise of such Chinese subject having committed offences against the laws of China.
Protection to Magistrate, jailer, or officer of Police, acting under authority of Governor of Hongkong.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any action be brought against any Magistrate, jailer, officer of Police, or any other person, for anything done in obedience to any such warrant or order issued by the said Governor of Hongkong, the proof of such warrant or order shall be a sufficient answer to such action, and the defendant or defendants, on such proof as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a verdict or judgment in his or their favour, and shall also be entitled to his or their costs as between attorney and client.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance, the term Magistrate shall be held to apply to each and all Magistrates of Police and Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1889.]
Interpretation clause.
No. 3 of 1850.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for a Church in Victoria in the Island of Hongkong," and also to enable the Trustees of the said Church to raise a Sum of Money not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
[10th September, 1850.]
Title.
WHEREAS various circumstances have arisen since the passing of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, rendering it desirable that some of the provisions therein contained should be amended; and whereas a certain debt of in or about two thousand five hundred dollars is now due to certain workmen and others for the building of the said church after payment of the sum of six thousand nine hundred pounds sterling mentioned in the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847:
Church in future to be designated the Cathedral Church of St. John.
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said church shall in future be known and designated in all proceedings as the Cathedral Church at Victoria, or as Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria, and that from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the real estate or fee in the said church and in all lands and hereditaments shall be vested in the trustees and their successors.
ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1850.
Rendition of Chinese.
Church.
241
Governor may order Magistrate, &c., to arrest Chinese subjects
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for the said Governor to issue his warrant or order to any Magistrate, jailer, or officer of Police, for the apprehension, detention," examination, transmission, or otherwise of such having commit Chinese subject.
ted offences against the laws of China.
Protection to Magistrate, jall-
Police, acting under authority of Governor of Hongkong.
5: And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any action be brought against any Magistrate, jailer, officer of Police, or any other person, for anything done in obedience er, or officer of to any such warrant or order issued by the said Governor of Hongkong, the proof of such warrant or order shall be a sufficient answer to such action, and the defendant or defendants, on such proof as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a verdict or judgment in his or their favour, and shall also be entitled to his or their costs as between attorney and client.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance, the term Magistrate shall be held to apply to each and all Magistrates of Police and Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1889.]
Interpretation clause.
No. 3 of 1850.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for a Church in Victoria in the Island of Hongkong," and also to enable the Trustees of the said Church to raise a Sum of Money not exceeding Two Thou- sand Five Hundred Dollars.
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[10th September, 1850.]
Title.
HEREAS various circumstances have arisen since the passing of the Preamble.
said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, rendering it desirable that some of the provisions therein contained should be amended; and whereas a cer- tain debt of in or about two thousand five hundred dollars is now due to certain workmen and others for the building of the said church after pay- ment of the sum of six thousand nine hundred pounds sterling mentioned in the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847:
Church in fu. ture to be de
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Gov- ernor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, signated the that the said church shall in future be known and designated in all pro- ceedings as the Cathedral Church at Victoria, or as Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria, and that from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the real estate or fee in the said church and in all lands and hereditaments
Cathedral Church of St. John. Fee thereof vested
in the trustees cessors,
and their suc-
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