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384 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1857.


Peace of the Colony.


No. 9 of 1857.
[See Ord. No. 14 An amended Ordinance for better Securing the Peace of the Colony.
of 1870.]
[ 15th July, 1857. ]
E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the
B advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following , that is to say :
Powerto suspend 1. His Excellency the Governor in Council may, by Proclamation, from time to
and revive this
Ordinance. time suspend, and from time to time revive, this Ordinance, or any portion thereof ;
and subject thereto, this Ordinance shall come into force at the time of the passing
thereof, and shall so henceforth continue.

Forms of night 2. Printed forms of passes shall be provided by the Superintendent of Police
passes to be
provided, sealed, -
according to the form following, that is to say :
and issued, by
the Superinten
dent 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 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
form at any one time ; and that no further issue of 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. [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 14 of 1870.]
Blanks to 3. Every occupier using or allowing to be used any pass, shall first fill up or
be filled up by
the occupier. cause to be filled up the blanks therein according to the truth of the case ; and he
shall not use nor allow to be used any pass except in conformity with the facts thereby
Fenalty. appearing ; and every offence against this section shall be a misdemeanor. [ Repealed
by Ordinance No. 14 of 1870.]
Power to rescind 4. The Superintendent of Police is empowered from time to time to call in and
passes.
rescind any pass 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. [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 14 of 1870. ]
Penalty for not 5. Any Chinaman found at large elsewhere than in his own habitation between.
having a light
pass. the hours of eight in the evening and sunrise, and not having a pass duly issued
and made out in conformity with sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance, shall be
summarily punished by any Justice of the Peace for every such offence, either by a fine
not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than fifty cents, or by imprisonment and hard
labour for a term not exceeding fourteen days nor less than one day, or by public