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MACAO EXTRADITION . 609
[ 1 of 1881. ]
15. The Governor in Council may at any time by order to Power to ex
be published in the Gazette, declare that any crime or offence crime
pungeorany
specified in the first schedule hereto, or which may hereafter schedule.
offence from
be added to the said schedule as hereinbefore provided, shall no
longer form part thereof, and from and after the date of the
publication of such order, such crime or offence shall cease to
come within the operation of this ordinance.
16. All expenses incident to the apprehension, detention, Expenses of
maintenance, and delivery of a fugitive under this ordinance, extralition,
shall be borne by this Colony.
17. If any action be brought against a Magistrate, gaoler, Magistrate,
Protection to
officer of Police, or any otherperson for anything done in obe- gaoler,& c.,
dience to any warrant or order issued under the provisions of acting under
this ordinance, the proof of such warrant or order shall be a
sufficient answer to such action , and the defendant or defendants
on such proof as aforesaid shall be entitled to a verdict or judg
ment in his or their favour, and shall also be entitled to his or
their full costs of suit .
18. The forms given in the second schedule to this ordinance second
Forms insched .
or forms to the like effect, with such variations and additions as ule may be
circumstances require, may be used for the purposes therein indi- used .
cated , and instruments in those forms shall (as regards the
form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
Proviso as to
19. In case the Governor in Council shall deem it expedient repeal or
that this ordinance or any part thereof should be repealed, or suspension of
the operation thereof suspended for any period, it shall be law. ofordinan ce, or
any part
ful for the Governor of this Colony by proclamation in the thercof.

Gazette, to declare that this ordinance or any part thereof shall
be suspended in its operation for any period, or that the same
is repealed , and from the date of the publication of such procla
mation in the Gazette, the said ordinance or such part thereof
as may be specified in the proclamation shall be deemed to be
suspended or repealed accordingly .

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LIST OF CRIMES AND OFFENCES .

The following list of crimes and offences is to be construed according to
the law existing in the Colony of Hongkong at the date of the alleged crime
or offence, whether by common law or by imperial statute or local ordinance
made before or after the passing of this ordinance.

Murder, and attempt and conspiracy to murder.
Manslaughter.
Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm .
Counterfeiting and altering money and uttering counterfeit or altered money.