1034
Relief of seamen belonging to vessels registered In this Colony.
Governor may order payment of expenses incurred in the Colony for relief of such seamen out of monies forming part of General Revenue.
Governor may order repayment of expenses incurred elsewhere than in the Colony in respect of such relief, out of such monies as aforesaid.
ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1869.
Distressed British Seamen.
Suppression of Piracy Amendment.
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance all expenses which shall be incurred under the provisions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," in the relief of distressed British seamen who at the time of such relief being granted shall have last served in a British ship registered in this Colony, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of or arising from the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred in the Colony after the date of the passing of this Ordinance for the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid under the provisions of the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which may be made from time to time by the Governor in Council.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order the repayment out of any such monies as aforesaid, of all sums which shall have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government or by the Government of any adjacent British Colony or by any British Consul, Vice-Consul or Consular Agent in any neighboring foreign country, in and about the relief (after the date of the passing of this Ordinance) of such British seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think fit or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
No. 6 of 1869.
Title.
Preamble.
Repealing clause.
Amendment of Section 6
An Ordinance to amend "The Ordinance for the Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong), 1868."
[24th September, 1869.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend "The Ordinance for the Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong), 1868:" Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. Sections 7 and 8 of the said Ordinance are hereby repealed.
2. Section 6 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting therein after the word "Custody" in the third line thereof, the words following, that is to say, "without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused.)"
1034
Relief of seamen belonging to vessels registered In this Colony.
Governor may order payment
of expenses in- curred in the Colony for relief of such seamen out of monies forming part of General Revenue.
Governor may order re-pay-
ment of expenses incurred else- where than in the Colony in respect of such relief, out of such
monies as aforesaid.
ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1869.
Distressed British Seamen.
Suppression of Piracy Amendment.
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance all expenses which shall be incurred under the provisions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," in the relief of distressed British seamen who at the time of such relief being granted shall have last served in a British ship registered in this Colony, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of or arising from the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred in the Colony after the date of the passing of this Ordinance for the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid under the provisions of the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which may be made from time to time by the Governor in Council.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order the re-payment out of any such monies as aforesaid, of all sums which shall have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government or by the Government of any adjacent British Colony or by any British Consul, Vice-Consul or Consular Agent in any neighboring foreign country, in and about the relief (after the date of the passing of this Ordinance) of such British seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think fit or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
No. 6 of 1869.
Title.
Preamble.
Repealing clause.
Amendment of Section 6
An Ordinance to amend "The Ordinance for the Suppression of
Piracy (Hongkong), 1868."
[24th September, 1869.]
HEREAS it is expedient to amend "The Ordinance for the Suppres-
sion of Piracy (Hongkong), 1868:" Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. Sections 7 and 8 of the said Ordinance are hereby repealed.
2. Section 6 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting therein after the word "Custody" in the third line thereof, the words following, that is to say, "without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused.) "
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