870
No. 2 of 1865.
No. 5 of 1865.
Conditions subject to which punishment
of flogging may be
awarded and inflicted.
Construction of other Ordinances authorizing punishment of flogging.
No. 7.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901,
(3.) of any crime made punishable under section 20 of the Offences
against the Person Ordinance, 1865; or
(4.) of the crime of stealing any chattel, money, or valuable security
from the person of any woman or child; or
(5.) of any crime made punishable under any of the following enactments, namely, sections 31 to 36 of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865; or (6.) of piracy; or
(7.) of indecent assault,
the Court may, in addition to any other punishment awarded for such crime, direct that the offender, if a male, be flogged once, twice, or thrice.
4. In every case where the punishment of flogging is awarded by the Supreme Court or by a Magistrate the following provisions shall have effect; that is to say,-
(1.) the sentence shall prescribe the number of strokes to be inflicted
at each flogging;
(2.) in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years, the number of strokes at each such flogging shall not exceed twelve
(3.) in the case of any other offender, the number of strokes at each
such flogging shall not exceed twenty; and
(4.) the flogging shall be inflicted with the birch on the breech,
privately, in prison, and within six months of the sentence.
5. Where, by any Ordinance in force save in so far as it is modified by this Ordinance, the Supreme Court or a Magistrate is authorized to sentence an offender to flogging with a rattan or any instrument other than the birch or to any number of strokes exceeding twenty at any one flogging, such Ordinance shall be construed and have effect as if the instrument of flogging therein specified had been the birch and the maximum number of strokes therein specified had been twenty.
Ordinance
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1901.
A.D. 1901. AN ORDINANCE to provide for the better Enforcement of Discipline among the Subordinate Staff in the Civil Medical Department.
No 11 of 1901.
[25th March, 1901.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice, and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
870
No. 2 of 1865.
No. 5 of 1865.
Conditions subject to which punishment
of flogging may be
awarded and inflicted.
Construction of other Ordinances authorizing punishment of flogging.
No. 7.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901,
(3.) of any crime made punishable under section 20 of the Offendes
against the Person Ordinance, 1865; or
(4.) of the crime of stealing any chattel, money, or valuable security
from the person of any woman or child; or
(5.) of any crime made punishable under any of the following enact ments, namely, sections 31 to 36 of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865; or (6.) of piracy; or
(7.) of indecent assault,
the Court may, in addition to any other punishment awarded for such crime, direct that the offender, if a male, be flogged once, twice, or thrice.
4. In every case where the punishment of flogging is awarded by the Supreme Court or by a Magistrate the following provisions shall have effect; that is to say,-
(1.) the sentence shall prescribe the number of strokes to be inflicted
at each flogging;
(2.) in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years, the number of strokes at each such flogging shall not exceed twelve
(3.) in the case of any other offender, the number of strokes at each
such flogging shall not exceed twenty; and
(4.) the flogging shall be inflicted with the birch on the breech,
privately, in prison, and within six months of the sentence.
5. Where, by any Ordinance in force save in so far as it is modified by this Ordinance, the Supreme Court or a Magistrate is authorized to sentence an offender to flogging with a rattan or any instrument other than the birch or to any number of strokes exceeding twenty at any one flogging, such Ordinance shall be construed and have effect as if the instrument of flogging therein specified had been the birch and the maximum number of strokes therein specified had been twenty.
Ordinance
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1901.
A.D. 1901. AN ORDINANCE to provide for the better Enforcement of Discipline among the Subordinate Staff in the Civil Medical Department.
No 11 of 1901.
[25th March, 1901.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice, and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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