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146 ORDINANCES Nos . 9 AND 10 OF 1845 .


Supreme Court- Summary Jurisdiction. Aliens - Naturalization .


Table of Fees.
Fees, Sec. 20. For entering every plaint, action, &c., and particulars of demand .... ..$0.50
Entering every appearance and defence ...... 0.25
Summons for defendant and copy. 0.50
Entering notice of hearing .... ..... 0.25
Copy and service on plaintiff and defendant, each 0.40
Any notice required during the course of proceedings .............. 0.25
Fee on hearing and adjudication , where the sum to be recovered shall not exceed $ 50 0.50
Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $ 100 0.75
Each subpoena of witness and copy .............. 0.40
Drawing and signing order for costs, decree, or dismissal, each .......... 0.50
Every oath of party or witness examined ..... 0.25
Chief Justice's warrant to bailiff for executing decree 1.25
Executing any decree or order, where the sum shall not exceed $50 .... ....... 0.50
Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $100 ........ ……….. 1.25
Copies of any other proceedings, per folio 0.12



[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 7 of 1862. ]




No. 10 of 1845.

Title. An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Aliens within the Colony of
Hongkong and its Dependencies.

[ 1st October, 1845. ]

Preamble. HEREAS certain aliens , merchants, and others, have hitherto become residents
W within the said Colony of Hongkong ; and whereas it is probable that other
aliens may hereafter settle therein for the purposes of trade and to the advantage of
the Colony, and it appears fitting and desirable to aid and encourage such persons ; and
whereas, also, some of the said persons have applied to the said Governor that they
:
should be naturalized :

Power to the 1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong
Governor of
Hongkong to kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to encourage the settling of
grant letters
of naturalization aliens, and for the aid and assistance of those already settled, that it shall and may be
in certain cases,
the privileges lawful to and for the Governor of the said Colony, and his successors from time to time,
conferred
thereby being and in all cases where he or they may deem it expedient, to grant letters of naturaliza
limited to the
said Colony.
tion under the seal of the Colony to any person or persons being already settled, or who
shall come to reside and settle therein, and that they respectively, having first duly taken
and subscribed the oath of allegiance before a Magistrate of the said Colony, shall, under
and by virtue of the said letters, be to all intents and purposes fully and completely
naturalized : Provided always, that letters of naturalization shall not be granted by the
Governor under the provisions of this Ordinance to any person who shall not, at the time