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480 ORDINANCES Nos. 14 AND 15 OF 1860 .


Remission of Penalties. Registration of Boats, &c.


No. 14 of 1860.

An Ordinance for the Remission of Penalties.

[ 17th August, 1860. ]
Preamble. HEREAS penalties which under Penal Statutes or Ordinances are
[22 Vict. Cap. W"
32. ] made payable to parties other than the Crown cannot be remit
ted by the Governor where no express provision has been made by the
Imperial Statute or Colonial Ordinance for that purpose, and it is ex
pedient that the law as to the remission of such penalties should be
amended and made uniform : Be it, therefore , enacted and ordained by
His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legis
lative Council thereof, as follows :
Power to 1. It shall be lawful for the Governor to remit, in whole or in part,
Governor to
remit penal any sum of money which under any Act of the Imperial Legislature or
ties other
than those any Ordinance now in force or hereafter to be passed in the Colony of
due to Crown.
Hongkong may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture on a convicted

offender, although such money may be in whole or in part payable to
some party other than the Crown , and to order the discharge of any
person who may be imprisoned for non - payment of any sum of money

so imposed.




No. 15 of 1860 .

An Ordinance for the Registration and Regulation of Boatmen and others
employed in Licensed Cargo Boats , and for the Survey of such
Boats.

[ 17th November, 1860. ]
E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the
B advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows ·→→→→
:

Register to be 1. The Registrar General shall keep a book, in which shall be entered the number,
kept.
name, and place of abode of every boatman or other person employed on board any
cargo boat, and which shall be called the " Cargo Boatmen Register " and be admitted
as evidence before all Magistrates having jurisdiction within the Colony of Hongkong
or the waters thereof.

Licences to be 2. Every boatman or other person employed in any capacity on board any cargo
granted.
boat shall make application to the Registrar General for a licence ticket, which ticket.
the said Registrar General is hereby empowered to issue, and to demand and take the