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Punishment of misde

meanor where punishment not other-

Wise:

specified.

No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG” [AD, 1

any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of pi justice, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard la for any term not exceeding three years, or to a fine not exceedin hundred dollars, or to both.

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6. (1) Where any person is convicted in the Supreme Court misdemeanor at common law and no punishment is provided by anya or Ordinance for such offence, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a f not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both.

(2.) Where any person is convicted of an offence declared by any or Ordinance to be a misdemeanor, and the punishment for such offert is not specified, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceedi five hundred dollars, or to both:

ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1898.

A.D. 1898, AN ORDINANCE to make provision with respect to Kelle

Ordinance

No. 12 of 1898:

Short title.

Prohibition of

Island.

BE

[13th August, 1898.]

it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows

1. This Ordinance may be cited as Kellet Island Ordinance, 1898 2. No ship, boat, junk, or other vessel shall anchor, remain, or lou vessel anchor whether for the purpose of fishing or for any other purpose,

distance of fifty yards from high water mark on Kellet Island, withou ä written permit from the Offer Commanding Her Majesty e-

Cleargh Nawal Estaly! Forces in this Colony: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply vessels in the employ of Her Majesty's naval or military authorities in the employ of the Government of this Colony, whether upon Polic service or otherwise

ing, etc., within 50 yards of Kellet Island, 10without

permission.

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Prohibition

of landing on Kellet

Island,

without written order, etc.

Punishment for cont vention of

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3. No person shall land or be upon Kellet Island unless he i bearer of a written order for that

that purpose duly granted to him by is in charge of Offer Commanding Her Majesty's Regular Forees in this Colony

of laval estat

unless he is an officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer private of the Army, Navy, or Marine Forces, on duty, or a member the Police Force, on duty..

4. Any person in charge of any ship, boat, junk, or other vesse contravening the provisions of section 2, and any person contravenin