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No. 9 of 1897.

VAGRANCY.

1. The said A.B. shall embark on board such ship, and at such time, as the superintendent of the house of detention at shall direct.

2. The said A.B. shall remain on board such ship until such ship shall have arrived at the port of+.

3. The said A.B. shall not return to Hong Kong until five years shall have elapsed from the date of such embarkation, unless he shall be specially permitted to return by the Governor of Hong Kong.

4. The said Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong shall contract with the owner of such ship or his agent for the passage of the said A.B. on board such ship, and for his subsistence during the voyage for which he shall embark as aforesaid.

In witness whereof the said Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong and the said A.B. have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.

(Signed)

Colonial Secretary.

A.B.

+ Here insert the port to which the person agrees to go.

[Originally No. 27 of 1897.

Law Rev. Ord., 1937.]

Short title.

Interpreta-tion. [cf. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 74, s. 7.]

No. 10 of 1897.

An Ordinance to facilitate the recovery of possession of tenements and premises of small value.

[13th December, 1897.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the more speedy and effectual recovery of the possession of tenements and premises of small value:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Small Tenements Recovery Ordinance, 1897.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) “Agent" includes any person usually employed by the owner in the management of his property, or in the letting of the premises, or in the collection of the rents thereof, or specially authorized to act in the particular matter by writing under the hand of such owner;