570
No. 4 of 1893.
See Ordinance No. 7 of 1887
Granting of licence to carry or possess arms and ammunition.
Prohibition of unexempted person carrying or possessing arms or ammunition without licence.
No. 2.]
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1900. Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, or by any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same, and any Justice of the Peace, special juror, member of the Legislative Council, or other person exempted by Ordinance from serving on a jury on account of his avocation or profession, and any member of the Police Force and any district watchman:
Arms or ammunition on the body, or in the custody or under the control, of any person shall be deemed to be in his “possession.”
3.-(1.) The Captain Superintendent of Police may from time to time, in his discretion, grant to any person a licence either to carry arms and ammunition, or to have arms and ammunition in his possession, or to do both, subject to such conditions as the Captain Superintendent of Police may deem fit.
(2.) Unless in any particular case the Captain Superintendent of Police otherwise directs, such licence shall be issued for a limited period only, shall be made out in the name of the grantee, shall bear a number and the dates of issue and expiry, shall not be transferable, and specify the arms and ammunition which it covers: Provided, nevertheless, that an appeal shall lie from any refusal by the Captain Superintendent of Police to grant any licence under this section to the Governor-in-Council, who shall have power to confirm or reverse such refusal.
4. No person who has not a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police for the purpose shall either carry any arms or ammunition or have any arms or ammunition in his possession in this Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not extend to any exempted person, as defined by this Ordinance: Provided, also, that this prohibition shall not apply so as to prevent the owner or master of any vessel from having on board such arms and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for the protection of such vessel, and provided that, in the case of every junk or other Chinese vessel, such arms and ammunition shall be described and enumerated in the licence or clearance issued by the Harbour Master: Provided, also, that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition consigned to a port other than this Colony and in transitu and on board any vessel as bona fide cargo and which have or has been entered on the manifest of such vessel, or to arms or ammunition so consigned in course of transshipment in unbroken packages from one vessel to another, if notice of such transshipment has been sent to the Captain Superintendent of Police, or to ammunition which, having been imported into the Colony is in the course of transshipment to the Government Gunpowder Depot or is being exported from the Colony direct from such Depot under a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master, or to arms and ammunition for the use of Her Majesty's Forces: Provided, also, that
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570
No. 4 of 1893.
See Ordinance No. 7 of 1887
Granting of licence to carry or
possess arms and ammuni-
tion.
Prohibition
of unexempted person carry- ing or possessing
arms or am-
munition without
licence.
No. 2.]
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THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1900. Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, or by any Ordinance amending substituted for the same, and any Justice of the Peace, special juror, member of the Legislative Council, or other person exempted by Ordinance from serving on a jury on account of his avocation or profession, and any member of the Police Force and any district watchman:
Arms or ammunition on the body, or in the custody or under the control, of any person shall be deemed to be in his “possession, 3.-(1.) The Captain Superintendent of Police may from time time, in his discretion, grant to any person a licence either to carry arms and ammunition, or to have arms and ammunition in his possession, or to do both, subject to such conditions as the Captain Superintendent of Police may deem fit.
(2.) Unless in any particular case the Captain Superintendent of Police otherwise directs, such licence shall be issued for a limited period only, shall be made out in the name of the grantee, shall bear a number and the dates of issue and expiry, shall not be transferable, and specify the arms and ammunition which it covers: Provided, neverthe less, that an appeal shall lie from any refusal by the Captain Superinten dent of Police to grant any licence under this section to the Governor-in- Council, who shall have power to confirm or reverse such refusal.
4. No person who has not a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police for the purpose shall either carry any arms or ammunition or have any arms or ammunition in his possession in this Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not extend to any exempted person, as defined by this Ordinance: Provided, also, that this prohibition shall not apply so as to prevent the owner or master of any vessel from having on board such arms and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for the protection of such vessel, and provided that, in the case of every junk or other Chinese vessel, such arms and ammunition shall be described and enu merated in the licence or clearance issued by the Harbour Master: Pro vided, also, that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition consigned to a port other than this Colony and in transitu and on board of
any vessel as bonâ fide cargo and which have or has been entered on the manifest of such vessel, or to arms or ammunition so consigned in course of transshipment in unbroken packages from one vessel to another, if notice of such transshipment has been sent to the Captain Superintendent 0 Police, or to ammunition which, having been imported into the Colony is in the course of transshipment to the Government Gunpowder Depo or is being exported from the Colony direct from such Depot und a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master, or to arms and ammunition for the use of Her Majesty's Forces: Provided, also, that
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