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ORDINANCES Nos. 9 AND 10 OF 1856 . 349


Shipping. Lis Pendens.


3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in Definition of a
voyage of more
this Colony, or in China, or within a hundred miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage than seven days
duration.
or voyages to any other port or ports, for the purpose of commencing at or from any
such port or ports as last aforesaid a voyage of more than seven days' duration, shall
be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage
from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of the " Chinese Passengers '
Act 1855." [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, and see Ordinance No. 3 of 1874. ]

4. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation Ordinance not to
come into opera
thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by His Excellency the Governor. tion until con
firmed and pro
claimed.

[ Confirmation proclaimed 3rd November, 1856. The whole Ordinance repealed by
Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]




No. 10 of 1856.

An Ordinance for Lis Pendens and Purchasers.

[ 29th May, 1856. ]

E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of [ See Ord. No.
3 of 1844 and
BE Ord. No. 1 of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in
1865 s. 110. ]
manner following ; that is to say :—

1. The provisions of the Ordinance No. 3 of 1844, respecting A " Lis Pen
dens " may be
judgments, ( subject to the provisions hereinafter contained ) shall extend registered as
to " Lites Pendentes ," within the intent and meaning of the Acts of a judgment.

Parliament passed in the second and third years of Her Majesty, chapter
eleven , and the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her said Majesty,
chapter thirty-five.

2. The memorial of any such " Lis Pendens " shall be sufficient for Form of
memorial.
the purposes of the said Ordinance, if it be signed by the plaintiffs or
persons claiming to be plaintiffs in the said " Lis Pendens," and contain

the names and additions of the said persons, and of the defendants or
persons whose estate is intended to be affected thereby, and the day when
the bill, information , or special case was filed , and the sum of money

thereby claimed or in controversy, yet so as that the said memorial shall
be verified in all other respects as by the said Ordinance is in the case of
judgments provided .