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ORDINANCES Nos. 6 AND 7 OF 1880. 1567


Status of French Mail Steamers. Gaol Amendment.

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No. 6 of 1880 .

An Ordinance entitled ,-" An Ordinance to make temporary provision
for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of

the Colony of Hongkong ."
[ 31st August, 1880. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
B Council thereof, as follows : ---
1. The steam packets of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, employed Status of Mes
sageries Mari
by the French Post Office in carrying mails to and from this Colony, shall, when in the times steamers.
ports of this Colony, be considered and treated as vessels of war, and shall be entitled
to all the rights, privileges and immunities of vessels of war, and shall not for any
cause be diverted from their special duties, or be liable to seizure or detention by order
of any Court or Judge.
2. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, and no rights or privileges hereby granted, Saving rights of
Crown .
shall affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors.
3. This Ordinance shall continue in force, until the first day of September, A.D. Expiry of Ordi
nance.
1881 , inclusive.

NOTE . - The Ordinance was continued in force by annual enactment down to April
30th, 1890.




No. 7 of 1880 .

An Ordinance entitled , --" The Prisons Regulations Amendment Ordi
nance, 1880."
[ 31st August, 1880. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
BR Council thereof, as follows :--
:
1. Ordinance 2 of 1878 is hereby repealed. Ordinance 2 of
1878 repealed.
2. Section 11 of Ordinance 4 of 1863 is hereby amended, by omitting the words Amending
46 section 11 of
or if the prisoner be under conviction of felony to punish by moderate corporal Ordinance 4 of
1863.
punishment not exceeding twelve strokes of a rattan ," and by adding at the end of the
section the words " Provided that no imprisonment under this section shall continue
after the expiration of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to
imprisonment by lawful authority."
3. Section 12 of the same Ordinance is hereby amended, by inserting after the Amending
section 12 of
words "above offences" the words "with the exception of idleness or negligence in Ordinance 4 of
1863.
work," and by substituting for the words " Such Superintendent in conjunction with
any Justice of the Peace " the words " any Police Magistrate," and by adding at the
end of the section the words " Punishments imposed under this section shall be valid
for all purposes notwithstanding the expiration of the period for which the offender
was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority."