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ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1857 . 367


Peace ofthe Colony.


2. Engraved copper plates, or printed forms of passes, shall be provided by the Forms ofnight
passes to be pro
Superintendent of Police according to the form following, that is to say: vided, sealed, and
issued, bythe Su
perintendent of
Police.


"This is to certify, that the bearer hereof [ name] is authorized to pass
' and repass during the night season from and to the house of [ employer's
'name] in [street or road] Victoria, during the period of days from the
'date hereof. Dated this day of A.D. , 1857.

' [Seal ] (Signed) A.B., Superintendent of Police.'
which plates or forms shall bear Her Majesty's Arms and be sealed with the Police
Office seal, and shall be from time to time issued by the said Superintendent to such
of the occupiers of the several houses within Victoria, for use as he shall find to be fit
and proper persons to receive and use the same, and according to the wants of such
occupiers ; yet so as that no Chinese occupiers shall receive or hold more than one such
plate or form at any one time. And that no further issue of plates or forms be made
to any occupier but upon his delivering up or proving the loss or destruction of those
whereof he was previously the holder.

3. Every occupier using or allowing to be used any pass , shall first fill up or cause Blanks to be
filled up by the
to be filled up the blanks therein according to the truth of the case ; and he shall not occupier.

use nor allow to be used any pass except in conformity with the facts thereby appearing ;
and every offence against this section shall be a misdemeanor. Penalty .

4. The Superintendent of Police is empowered from time to time to call in and Power to rescind
passes.
rescind any plates or forms previously issued by him, whether the times for which they
were issued shall have then expired or not ; and any person wilfully disobeying any
such call shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

5. Any Chinaman found at large elsewhere than in his own habitation between Penalty for not
having a night
the hours of eight in the evening and sunrise and not having a pass duly issued and pass.
made out in conformity with sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance, shall be sum
marily punished by any Justice of the Peace for every such offence, either by a fine
not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than one dollar ; or by imprisonment and hard
labour for a term not exceeding fourteen days, nor less than one day ; or by public
whipping or public exposure in the stocks, yet so as that no such offender shall receive
more than twenty blows, or be exposed for more than two hours, for any one offence.

6. Any Justice of the Peace may lawfully arrest, or cause to be arrested, with or Power to arrest
and keep sus
without warrant, any person whom he shall reasonably suspect to be an emissary or pected emissaries
or abettors of
abettor of Her Majesty's enemies, or of pirates, or of Chinamen disaffected to Her enemies, &c.

Majesty's Government, or otherwise dangerous to the peace and good order of this
Colony, and him safely keep until he can be dealt with according to law.

7. His Excellency in Executive Council is authorized to deport or cause to be Power of depor
tation.
deported to any place within the Empire of China, any Chinamen liable to arrest
under section 6 of this Ordinance.