D. 1898.] MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT.
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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1898.
ORDINANCE for the more effectual Punishment of Bribery and certain other Misdemeanors.
[28th February, 1898.]
Enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, with Ordinance No. 14 of 1898 incorporated.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Misdemeanors Punishment Ordinance, 1898.
Interpretation of terms.
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,--
Public Servant means any person holding or discharging the duties, whether permanently or temporarily, of any office or appointment in the Civil Service of the Colony, and includes every member of the Police Force.
Bribe includes any fee, perquisite, reward, or gratification, whether pecuniary or otherwise, not payable or receivable by law.
8. Every public servant who accepts, or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, or causes or procures to be obtained, from any person, whether by himself or by any other person and whether for himself or for any other person, any bribe, with a view to influence his conduct as such public servant or to incline him to do or to omit to do any act contrary to his duty as such public servant or contrary to the rules of honesty and integrity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both.
4. Every person who gives or offers, or causes or procures to be given or offered, to any public servant any bribe, for himself or for any other person, with a view to influence his conduct as such public servant or to incline him to do or to omit to do any act contrary to his duty as such public servant or contrary to the rules of honesty and integrity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both.
Offering of bribe to public servant.
5. Where any person is convicted in the Supreme Court of conspiring to cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse ...
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D. 1898.] MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT.
[No. 1.
359
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1898.
ORDINANCE for the more effectual Punishment of Bribery A.D. 1898. » and certain other Misdemeanors.
[28th February, 1898.]
Eit enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, with
Ordinance No. 14 of 1898 incorporated..
1 This Ordinance may be cited as the Misdemeanors Punishment Short title. Ordinance, 1898. ·
Interpreta-
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,--
Public Servant means any person holding or discharging the tion of terms. duties, whether permanently or temporarily, of any office or appoint- ment in the Civil Service of the Colony, and includes every member of the Police Force :xx.
Bribe" includes any fee, perquisite, reward, or gratification, whether pecuniary or otherwise, not payable or receivable by law.
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