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Grants of land.
Pardon.
Remission of fines.
Appointment of officers.
Making of Ordinances.
Publication of Ordinances.
WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
5. The Commissioner may make and execute in His Majesty's name and on his behalf, under the public seal, grants and dispositions of any lands which may be lawfully granted or disposed of by His Majesty within the said territories.
6. The Commissioner may, as he shall see occasion, in His Majesty's name and on his behalf, grant to any offender convicted of any crime in any Court or before any Judge or Magistrate within the said territories, a free and unconditional pardon, or a pardon subject to such conditions as may be lawfully thereunto annexed, or any respite of the execution of the sentence of any such offender for such period as to him may seem fit.
7. The Commissioner may, as he shall see occasion, in His Majesty's name and on his behalf, remit any fines, penalties, or forfeitures which may accrue or become payable to His Majesty.
8. A Secretary of State or the Commissioner, subject to the directions of a Secretary of State, may, on behalf of His Majesty, appoint for the administration of the said territories, such public officers under such designations as he may think fit, and may prescribe their duties.
The Commissioner may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, suspend from the exercise of his office within the said territories any person exercising the same, which suspension shall continue and have effect only until His Majesty's pleasure therein shall be made known and signified to the Commissioner. And in proceeding to any such suspension, he shall observe the directions in that behalf given to him by such instructions as may hereafter be addressed to him by a Secretary of State.
9.--(1) The Commissioner may make and proclaim Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of the said territories and of all persons within the same.
(2) Under this Article any of the Laws and Ordinances of Hongkong may be applied to the said territories with such modifications and adaptations as circumstances may require.
(3) Every such Ordinance shall forthwith be transmitted to the Secretary of State unless it has been previously approved by him.
(4) Every such Ordinance shall, from and after the Proclamation thereof, or such other date as may be fixed by the Ordinance, have the force of law, unless the disallowance of such Ordinance by His Majesty shall within the space of one year after such Proclamation, be signified to the Commissioner by the Secretary of State.
(5) Every Ordinance which shall be disallowed by His Majesty shall cease to be of any force or effect so soon as the disallowance thereof shall be published by the Commissioner.
10. Every Ordinance, Proclamation, or other public Notification under this Order shall be published in such manner as the Commissioner may direct.
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Grants of land.
Pardon.
Remission of fines.
Appointment of officers.
Making of Ordinances.
Publication of Ordi-
nances.
WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
5. The Commissioner may make and execute in His Majesty's name and on his behalf, under the public seal, grants and dispositions of any. lands which may be lawfully granted or disposed of by His Majesty within the said territories.
6. The Commissioner may, as he shall see occasion, in His Majesty's name and on his behalf,
grant to any offender convicted of any crime in any Court or before any Judge or Magistrate within the said territories, a free and unconditional pardon, or a pardon subject to such conditions as may be lawfully thereunto annexed, or any respite of the execution of the sentence of any such offender for such period as to him may seem fit.
7. The Commissioner may, as he shall see occasion, in His Majesty's name and on his behalf, remit any fines, penalties, or forfeitures which may accrue or become payable to His Majesty.
8. A Secretary of State or the Commissioner, subject to the directions of a Secretary of State, may, on behalf of His Majesty, appoint for the administration of the said territories, such public officers under such designations as he may think fit, and may prescribe their duties.
The Commissioner may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, suspend from the exercise of his office within the said territories any person exercis- ing the same, which suspension shall continue and have effect only until His Majesty's pleasure therein shall be made known and signified to the Commissioner. And in proceeding to any such suspension, he shall observe the directions in that behalf given to him by such instructions as may hereafter be addressed to him by a Secretary of State.
9.--(1) The Commissioner may make and proclaim Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of the said territories and of all persons within the same.
(2) Under this Article any of the Laws and Ordinances of Hongkong may be applied to the said territories with such modifications and adaptations as circumstances may require.
(3) Every such Ordinance shall forthwith be transmitted to the Secretary of State unless it has been previously approved by him.
(4) Every such Ordinance shall, from and after the Proclamation thereof, or such other date as may be fixed by the Ordinance, have the force of law, unless the disallowance of such Ordinance by His Majesty shall within the space of one year after such Proclamation, be signified to the Commissioner by the Secretary of State.
(5) Every Ordinance which shall be disallowed by His Majesty shall cease to be of any force or effect so soon as the disallowance thereof shall be published by the Commissioner.
10. Every Ordinance, Proclamation, or other public Notification under this Order shall be published in such manner as the Commissioner may direct.
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