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1432 ORDINANCES Nos . 8 AND 9 OF 1876 .


Deportation and Conditional Pardons. Public Gambling.


Repeal. 18. The following Ordinances and parts of Ordinances are hereby repealed :

Ordinance 14 of 1845 , -Section 2, sub-section 17, the words " shall beg," & c., &c. ,
& c. , up to " alms or,"
29 9 of 1857, All sections not previously repealed .
99 8 of 1858 , Sections 21 and 23, and sub- section 9 of section 28.
"" 1 of 1860 , -- The whole.
99 9 of 1867, -Section 17.
"" 4 of 1871 ,
99 5 of 1871 , The whole.
"" 4 of 1872,
but such repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by any of the said Ordinances
or sections of Ordinances, and shall not affect anything duly done before the passing
of this Ordinance.

Indemnity for 19. All acts done or attempted before the passing of this Ordinance, and which
past acts.
would have been lawful if so done or attempted after the passing thereof, are hereby
authorised and made valid, and no man shall at any time hereafter be called in question
for or in respect of the same.
Suspending 20. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confir
clause.
mation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

[Never confirmed, sec C. O. D. No. 51 , 18th May, 1877. Repealed by
Ordinance No. 3 of 1881. ]




No. 9 of 1876 .

Title. An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law relating to
Public Gambling.

[ 11th December, 1876. ]
Preamble.
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating
to public gambling : Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,
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with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the " Public
Gambling Amendment Ordinance , 1876. "
Word Gam 2. The word " Gambling " as used in this Ordinance shall apply to
bling " to
include and include lotteries, as well as those known as Wai - sing, Pak-kop -piu ,
lotteries.
See Ord. 9 of Tsz-fa, as all others .
1867, sec. 21.1
Penalty on 3. Any person who shall keep any office, agency, or place for dealing in lotteries,
person dealing
in lotteries. shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars on conviction thereof in a
summary manner. [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 27 of 1888, and new section substituted. ]