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No. 12.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
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ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1899.
A.D. 1899. AN ORDINANCE to provide for the Summoning of Chinese before the Registrar General.
Ordinance No. 40 of 1899.
Short title.
Power to summon Chinese for examination on inquiry relating to new territories.
No. 8 of 1899.
Obligation on person summoned to attend and answer.
No. 3 of 1890.
[30th December, 1899.]
BE 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 the Summoning of Chinese Ordinance, 1899.
2.--(1.) The Governor may at any time direct the Registrar General to inquire into and report as to any matter which is connected with the new territories as defined by section 2 of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1899, if such matter exclusively concerns persons of Chinese race, whether British subjects or otherwise.
(2.) It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to summon in writing under his hand and seal any person of Chinese race (whether a British subject or otherwise) who appears to him to be able to give information regarding any matter into which the Registrar General is directed by the Governor to inquire, reciting in the summons the subject of the inquiry.
3.-(1.) Every person so summoned shall be legally bound to attend before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such summons, and to answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar General may put to him relating to the matter under inquiry, and to produce, if required by him, to the Registrar General, or to some person deputed by him for the purpose, any books, documents, or other written matter pertinent to the inquiry, and to permit the inspection of any property either by the Registrar General or by some person deputed by him for the purpose.
(2.) The Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, have powers similar to those vested in the Supreme Court in regard to administering oaths to witnesses and examining witnesses upon oath.
(3.) Every person who wilfully gives false evidence upon oath before the Registrar General shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months.
(4.) The provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, relating to summary procedure shall apply to any proceedings under this section.
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No. 12.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
Aquality 34/202.2
ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1899..
A.D. 1899. AN ORDINANCE to provide for the Summoning of Chinese
before the Registrar General.
Ordinance
No. 40 of 1899.
Short title.
Power to summon
Chinese for examination on inquiry relating to new terri- tories.
No. 8 of 1899.
Obligation on
person sum- moned to attend and answer.
No, 3 of 1890.”
[30th December, 1899.1
BE 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 the Summoning of Chinese Ordi nance, 1899.
2.--(1.) The Governor may at any time direct the Registrar General to inquire into and report as to any matter which is connected with the new territories as defined by section 2 of the New Territories Regula tion Ordinance, 1899, if such matter exclusively concerns persons of Chinese race, whether British subjects or otherwise..
(2.) It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to summon in writin under his hand and seal any person of Chinese race (whether a British subject or otherwise) who appears to him to be able to give information regarding any matter into which the Registrar General is directed by the Governor to inquire, reciting in the summons the subject of the inquiry.
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3.-(1.) Every person so summoned shall be legally bound to attend before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such summons, and to answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar General may put to him relating to the matter under inquiry, and to produce, if required by him, to the Registrar General, or to some person deputed by him for the purpose, any books, documents, or other written matter pertinent to the inquiry, and to permit the inspection of any property either by the Registrar General or by some person deputed by him for the purpose.
(2.) The Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance have powers similar to those vested in the Supreme Court in regard to administering oaths to witnesses and examining witnesses upon oath.
(3.) Every person who wilfully gives false evidence upon oath before the Registrar General shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or to ime prisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding months.
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(4.) The provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, relating to summary procedure shall apply to any proceedings under this section
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