PEACE PRESERVATION.
No. 10 of 1886.
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twelve in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years;
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(c) the instrument used in the case of an offender whose age exceeds sixteen years shall be the instrument commonly known as the cat or else a light cane or rattan as the court or magistrate may specify in the sentence, and in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years it shall be a light cane or rattan; and
(d) the flogging shall be inflicted in prison and within six months of the sentence.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS.
[s. 13, rep. No. 9 of 1912.]
to person acting under ance.
14. No person acting in good faith under the provisions Indemnity of this Ordinance shall be liable in damages or otherwise for any act done by him in pursuance of the obligation and duty the Ordin- imposed, or reasonably supposed to be imposed, on him by this Ordinance, or in respect of any act, matter or thing done during the continuance of any proclamation issued under this Ordinance, or within the period of five days before the date of any such proclamation, if done in good faith, and done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or for the public safety or for the defence of the Colony or for the enforcement of discipline or otherwise in the public interest, if such person be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Crown in any capacity, whether naval, military, air force, or civil, or be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Government of the Colony in any capacity, or be a person acting under the authority of a person so holding office or so employed, or be a public officer, a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a member of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force, a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve, or a special constable.
As amended by No. 30 of 1931. [16.10.31]. + As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
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PEACE PRESERVATION.
No. 10 of 1886.
253
twelve in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years;
64
(c) the instrument used in the case of an offender whose age exceeds sixteen years shall be the instrument commonly known as the cat or else a light cane or rattan as the court or magistrate may specify in the sentence, and in the case of an offender whose age does not exceed sixteen years it shall be a light cane or rattan; and
(d) the flogging shall be inflicted in prison and within six months of the sentence.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS.
[s. 13, rep. No. 9 of 1912.]
to person acting under
ance.
14. No person acting in good faith under the provisions Indemnity of this Ordinance shall be liable in damages or otherwise for any act done by him in pursuance of the obligation and duty the Ordin- imposed, or reasonably supposed to be imposed, on him by this Ordinance, or in respect of any act, matter or thing done during the continuance of any proclamation issued under this Ordinance, or within the period of five days. before the date of any such proclamation, if done in good faith, and done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or for the public safety or for the defence of the Colony or for the enforcement of discipline or otherwise in the public interest, if such person be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Crown in any capacity, whether naval, military, air force, or civil, or be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Government of the Colony in any capacity, or be a person acting under the authority of a person so holding office or so employed, or be a public officer, a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a member of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force, a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve, or a special constable.
As amended by No. 30 of 1931. [16.10.31]. + As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
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