hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 20

7º VICTORIE.-No. 8 OF 1844. 15


such House or Place after Admittance demanded and refused, shall
for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Five Penalty for Refusal.
Hundred Dollars.


VI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all Fines, Recovery of Penal-
Penalties, and Forfeitures imposed, and accruing under this Ordi-
nance, shall be sued for and recovered in such Supreme Court of
Judicature as shall hereafter be erected in Hongkong, or by
Summary Proceedings to be had before the Chief Magistrate of Police,
or before any Two Justices of the said Colony of Hongkong.

VII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all Fines, Fines, &c. , to be paid,
One-half to the Queen,
Penalties, and Forfeitures, which shall be levied and enforced under and One-half to the
this Ordinance, shall, after deducting the Charges of Prosecution from Witnesses, &c.
the Proceeds thereof, be divided, paid, and applied as follows : that
is to say, the Moiety, or One-half of the nett Proceeds thereof, shall
be paid to the said Chief Magistrate, for the Use of Her Majesty, Her
Heirs, and Successors, to be applied to the Public Uses of the said
Colony, and the other Moiety, or Half part thereof, shall be paid and
distributed to and among such Person or Persons who shall have
assisted in the Seizure of, or have given Information or Evidence
leading to the Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, in such
Portions as the said Court, Chief Magistrate, or Justice adjudicating
upon the Matter, shall in their Discretion think proper ; and any
Overplus of such last mentioned Moiety or Half part, shall be paid
to the said Chief Magistrate for the Purposes aforesaid.

HENRY POTTINGER,
Governor, &c., &c.


Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 20th day of March, 1844.
RICHARD BURGASS,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.