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ORDINANCE No. 11 of 1858. 427


Pawnbrokers, &c.— Offences.


No. 11 of 1858.

An Ordinance for the prevention of Offences touching Securities, Sales,
and Deposits.
[ 6th July, 1858. ]
E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the
B advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. All additions to drafts on bankers within the meaning of Ordinance No. 3 of Additions to che
ques on bankers.
1857, shall be deemed to be (by whomsoever and at whatsoever time the said additions
may be made) part of the drafts themselves, for the purpose of the payment thereof
respectively ; and any cancellation or erasure of such additions, and likewise any alte
ration thereof (except for the mere purpose of filling up any blanks therein) , shall be
deemed a forgery of the said drafts respectively.

2. A person obtaining by fraud or false pretence the acceptance of a bill of ex Acceptances ob
tained by fraud
change (whether drawn by himself or any other person) from a third party, shall (whether or false pretence,
and drafts &c,
upon persons
the said bill so accepted remain in his hands or not) be deemed to have obtained a who have stop
ped payment,
valuable security by fraud, or (as the case may be) false pretence, within the meaning &c.
of the Laws in force for the repression of the said offences ; and persons fraudulently
obtaining monies or chattels upon or by means of a draft order or warrant addressed to
any person, society, company, or firm, who, to the knowledge of the persons so obtaining
the said monies or chattels, at the time of obtaining the same, have stopped payment
or suspended business, shall be deemed to have obtained the said monies or chattels
by a false pretence, and shall be punishable accordingly.

3. No person shall act as a lender of money to an amount being less than five Pawnbrokers'
and auctioneers'
licences.
hundred current dollars in any one transaction upon deposit of goods and chattels ,
unless he be then the actual holder of a pawnbroker's licence, or as a public salesman ,
unless he be then the actual holder of an auctioneer's licence.

4. Every such licence shall be granted by and at the discretion of His Excellency in To be granted
by the Governor
Executive Council, on such conditions, touching fees or otherwise, as shall be deemed in Council.

meet ; and the same shall endure for one year only, but may be renewed at the like
discretion from year to year.

5. No such lender of money as aforesaid shall, during the continuance of his said No lender to
carry on another
licence, carry on any other trade or occupation in his place of business as such lender. trade.

6. He shall cause to be painted and kept painted in large and legible English Names and busi
ness of lenders
letters and Chinese characters, over the door of his said place of business his naine at to be painted .

length, and after his name the word " Pawnbroker " (or " Pawnbrokers " if he be the
member of a firm of such lenders) .
7. He shall , whensoever thereunto required by the Superintendent of Police, or Inspection of
books, &c., by
any Inspector of Police, or by any other member of the Police Force bearing a written Police.

order in that behalf under the hand of the said Superintendent, produce for the inspec
tion of the party so requiring him all or any goods and chattels pledged or deposited
with him on loan of monies, and all books and papers relating to the same.