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Power to prohibit or permit re- cruiting by individual

persons.

Power to prohibit or permit recruiting generally.

Power to rescind or vary order.

Punishment

of offences.

Tribunal for trial of

offenders.

No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1874.

3. If any person is, within the limits of this Colony, obtaining or attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any Foreign State in any capacity, the Governor-in-Council may, by order in writing signed by the Colonial Secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing or permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the Governor-in- Council thinks fit to impose.

4. The Governor-in-Council may from time to time, by general order notified in The Gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any Foreign State or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he thinks fit.

5. The Governor-in-Council may rescind or vary any order made under this Ordinance in such manner as he thinks fit.

6. Every person who, in violation of the prohibition of the Governor- in-Council or of any condition subject to which permission to recruit may have been accorded,---

(1.) induces or attempts to induce any person to accept or agree to accept, or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining, any commission or employment in the service of any Foreign State; or (2.) knowingly aids in the engagement of any person so induced, by forwarding or conveying him or by advancing money or in any other way whatever,

shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding seven years, or to fine to such amount as the Court thinks fit, or to both.

7. Any offender against this Ordinance shall be tried before the Supreme Court.

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Ordinance

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No. 1 of 1875,

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HEREAS it is expedient to provide means for enforcing good order and discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Establishments in this Colony :

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Establishments Police Ordinance, 1875.

A.D. 1875. AN ORDINANCE to provide Means for enforcing Good Order and Discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Establishments in this Colony.

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