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Enumeration of felonies. 7 Will. 4 & 1 Pict.

c. 36 s. 26.

Ib.

s. 27.

Ib. 8. 29.

Ib. a. 28.

Repeated by

072: 35/11 §23

5/65.

010.32/1188

Receiving -stolen corre- spondence. No. 5 of 1865.

Allegations

proceedings for offence

Ib. 8. 40.

No. 6.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1900.

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(4.) The expression "letter, as used in this section, means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, parcel, package, or other article whatsoever which has been delivered by post.

36.-(1.) The following acts shall be deemed felonies :-

(a.) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspon-

dence by a person employed by or under the Post Office; (b.) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel, money,

or valuable security;

(c.) stealing or unlawfully taking away a letter bag, or stealing or unlawfully taking any correspondence from or out of a letter bag, or unlawfully opening a letter bag;

(d.) stealing any correspondence from a letter bag, or from a Post

Office, or from an officer of the Post Office

(e.) forging, altering, or imitating, or assisting in forging, altering,

or imitating, any postage stamp issued under this Ordinance and

(f) using, offering, uttering, disposing of, or putting off any forged, altered, or imitated postage stamp as aforesaid, knowing the same to be forged, altered, or imitated.

(2.) Every person who is convicted of any felony mentioned in this section shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding seven years.

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37. The sections of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, relating to receiving stolen goods, that is to say, sections 79 and 81 to 87, both inclusive, shall apply to felonies and misdemeanors committed under this Ordi nance; and for that purpose the expression "this Ordinance," when used in the said sections, shall be taken to include the present Ordi-

nance.

38. In any proceedings against any person for any offence committed to be used in against this Ordinance in respect of any letter bag or correspondence, it shall be sufficient to allege such letter bag or correspondence to be the property of the Postmaster General without mentioning his name; in any such proceedings against any person employed by or under the Post Office, it shall be sufficient to allege that such person was employed by or under the Post Office, without stating further the nature or par ticulars of his employment.

Recovery of pecuniary penalty, and

limitation of

time.

39. Any pecuniary penalty for an offence against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a Magistrate, but pro- ceedings for the recovery of any such penalty shall be commenced within one year after the offence was committed.

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