116
Title,
Preamble.
No person to
retail cigars, cheroots, snuff, or tobacco, without
a licence for that purpose.
Licence how to be granted, and particulars there-
of.
Penalties imposed
ed for the infringement or viola-
tion of this Ordinance.
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1845.
Tobacco, &c. Licensing.
No. 3 of 1845.
An Ordinance for Licensing the Retail of Tobacco and Snuff, within the
Colony of Hongkong, and the waters thereof.
[7th July, 1845.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to make further provision towards defraying the civil
expenses of the Colony of Hongkong.
1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the first day of October next, no person or persons shall sell, or barter, or retail cigars, cheroots, snuff, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, in less quantities or weights than those hereinafter specified, without first duly having had and obtained such licence as is hereinafter directed for that purpose: That is to say; No person shall vend, sell, or barter cigars and cheroots in less number than one thousand thereof at a time, or snuff in a smaller quantity than 1 lb. weight, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, (except prepared in the state of snuff,) in a smaller or less quantity than 2 lbs. weight thereof at a time, without such licence for that purpose.
2. And it is hereby provided, that every such licence shall be obtained from, and granted by, the Colonial Secretary, on payment of a fee of twenty dollars, who shall duly register the issuing thereof, and that the said licence shall continue and be in force from the day of the issuing thereof for a period of twelve months from the date of its being issued, which shall be duly specified in the said licence.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if from and after the time limited for this Ordinance to come into operation and effect, any unlicensed person or persons shall sell, vend, barter, or retail cigars, cheroots, snuff, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, in less quantities or weights at a time than as above prescribed and mentioned, he or they, for every such offence, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner before any Magistrate of Police, and in default of said penalty being paid after conviction, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and if there be no sufficient distress, every such offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one calendar month. Provided always, that in case any such conviction shall take place and be had on the evidence of any common or public informer, he or she shall be entitled to one moiety of said penalty.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858.]
116
Title,
Preamble.
No person to
retail cigars, che- roots, snuff, or tobacco, without
a licence for that purpose.
Licence how to be granted, and particulars there-
of.
Penalties impos-
ed for the infrin- gement or viola-
tion of this Ordi-
nance.
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1845.
Tobacco, &c. Licensing.
No. 3 of 1845.
An Ordinance for Licensing the Retail of Tobacco and Snuff, within the
Colony of Hongkong, and the waters thereof.
[7th July, 1845.]
THEREAS it is expedient to make further provision towards defraying the civil
Wexpenses of the Colony of Hongkong.
1. Be it thereof enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the first day of October next, no person or persons shall sell, or barter, or retail cigars, cheroots, snuff, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, in less quantities or weights than those hereinafter specified, without first duly having had and obtained such licence as is hereinafter directed for that purpose: That is to say; No person shall vend, sell, or barter cigars and cheroots in less number than one thousand thereof at a time, or snuff in a smaller quantity than 1 . weight, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufac- tured, (except prepared in the state of snuff,) in a smaller or less quantity than 2 tbs. weight thereof at a time, without such licence for that purpose.
2. And it is hereby provided, that every such licence shall be obtained from, and granted by, the Colonial Secretary, on payment of a fee of twenty dollars, who shall duly register the issuing thereof, and that the said licence shall continue and be in force from the day of the issuing thereof for a period of twelve months from the date of its being issued, which shall be duly specified in the said licence.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if from and after the time limited for this Ordinance to come into operation and effect, any unlicensed person or persons shall sell, vend, barter, or retail cigars, cheroots, snuff, or tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, in less quantities or weights at a time than as above prescribed and mentioned, he or they, for every such offence, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner before any Magistrate of Police, and in default of said penalty being paid after conviction, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and if there be no suf ficient distress, every such offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not. exceeding one calendar month. Provided always, that in case any such conviction shall take place and be had on the evidence of any common or public informer, he or she shall be entitled to one moiety of said penalty.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858.]
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