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Exhibition at public place

of regulations relating thereto.

Removal of

committing breach of regulations

No. 2.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1870.

4. A copy of all regulations for the time being in force under this Ordinance and relating to any public building, garden, or other place shall be exhibited at the entrance thereof or in some conspicuous place within the same.

5.--(1.) It shall be lawful for any constable, and also for any custodian, person found watchman, keeper, or other person employed by the Government in any such public building, garden, or other place as aforesaid, to there and after warning. then, and without any warrant, summons, or other legal process, stop, seize, apprehend, and detain any person who is committing a breach of any

of the said regulations, and to take such person before a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law, or else to eject and remove therefrom any person who is found committing therein a breach of any of the said regulations or any offence now punishable by law, after having been previously warned to desist.

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person committing breach of

(2.) Every person who uses abusive language to, or assaults, or uses any violence towards, any such constable or other person as aforesaid, while in the execution of his duty or of the powers vested in him under this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate. be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, with or with- out imprisonment not exceeding three months.

6.--(1.) Every person who is charged by any such constable, custo- dian, watchman, keeper, or other person as aforesaid with committing or with having committed within any such public building, garden, or regulations to other place as aforesaid a breach of any of the said regulations or any

give name and address.

Penalty for breach of regulations.

offence now punishable by law, and who refuses to give his name and address if called upon to do so, shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars, in addition to any punishment to which he may be liable for the offence with which he is charged and whether he is found guilty of such offence

or not.

(2.) If any such person refuses to give his name, it shall be law- ful to proceed against him summarily by a description of his person and the offence only, without adding any name or designation, but in such case the Magistrate shall mention in the deposition that the defendant refused to give his name.

7. Every person who commits a breach of any of the said regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for a first offence, and for every subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, with or without imprisonment not ex- ceeding one month.

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