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See Ordinance No. 5.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1865.

other person, any property, chattel, money, valuable security, or other valuable thing, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

Inducing person by violence or threat to execute deed, etc., with intent to defraud. 36. Every person who, with intent to defraud or injure any other person, by any unlawful violence to or restraint of, or threat of violence to or restraint of, the person of another, or by accusing or threatening to accuse any person of any treason, felony, or infamous crime as hereinbefore defined, compels or induces any person to execute, make, accept, indorse, alter, or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security, or to write, impress, or affix his name, or the name of any other person or of any company, firm, or copartnership, or the seal of any body corporate, company, or society, upon or to any paper or parchment, in order that the same may be afterwards made or converted into, or used or dealt with as, a valuable security, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

Immaterial by whom violence, etc., to be caused. 37. It shall be immaterial whether the menaces or threats hereinbefore mentioned are of violence, injury, or accusation to be caused or made by the offender or by any other person.

Breaking and entering church, etc., and committing felony. Sacrilege, Burglary, and Housebreaking. 38. Every person who-- (1.) breaks and enters any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of divine worship, and commits any felony therein; or, (2.) being in any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of divine worship, commits any felony therein and breaks out of the same, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

Burglary by breaking out. 39. Every person who-- (1.) enters the dwelling house of another with intent to commit any felony; or (2.) being in the dwelling house of another with intent to commit any felony therein, breaks out of the same, shall be guilty of felony...

40. Every person ... liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

41. No building shall be considered to be a dwelling house unless it is occupied as a dwelling house, and it shall be immaterial whether it is occupied by the owner or by his servant or by any other person.

42. Every person who, with intent to commit any felony therein, enters any dwelling house, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.

43. Every person who-- (1.) breaks and enters any building which is occupied as a dwelling house, or any building which is appurtenant to or connected with any dwelling house, and commits any felony therein; or (2.) being in any such building, commits any felony therein and breaks out of the same, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding fourteen years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

44. Every person who-- (1.) breaks and enters any shop, warehouse, or other building, and commits any felony therein; or (2.) being in any shop, warehouse, or other building, commits any felony therein...