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ORDINANCES Nos. 6 AND 7 OF 1859 . 445


Chinese Passenger Ships. Deportation of Mendicants.


5. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation Suspending
clause.
thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by His Excellency the Governor.

6. In the interpretation of this Ordinance the term " Chinese Passenger Ship" Interpretation
clause.
shall have the same meaning as is attached thereto under the Act of the Imperial
Parliament passed in the eighteenth and nineteeth years of the reign of Her present
Majesty, known as the " Chinese Passengers ' Act , 1855. ”

7. This Ordinance may be cited for any purpose whatever under the name of the Short title of
Ordinance.
"Chinese Passengers' Health Ordinance. "




[ Confirmation Proclaimed 21st May, 1860. Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1874. ]




No. 7 of 1859 .


An Ordinance to amend the Provisions of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 , re
specting the Deportation of Mendicants .

[ 26th December, 1859. ]

HEREAS it is desirable to amend the provisions, in Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 Preamble.
W contained, respecting the deportation of mendicants from this Colony, and to
embody the law respecting such deportation in one Ordinance : Be it enacted and or
dained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows :

1. That from and after the passing of this Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1 of 1859, Repeal of No. 1
of 1859, and of
part of No. 8 of
and also so much of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 as provides that persons convicted of 1858.
mendicancy in the public streets shall, if His Excellency in Council shall so decide, be
deported to any place in the Chinese Empire or elsewhere, shall be, and the same are
hereby, repealed .

2. That any offender under section 23 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 shall, in addi Offenders maybe
deported to their
native country .
tion to the punishment for such offence provided by the said Ordinance, be deported to
his native country, or, with the consent of such offender, to any other place, if His Ex
cellency the Governor shall so decide.




[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 9 of 1864. ]