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1584 ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1881 .


Census. Penal Ordinances Amendment.


Offences.
7. Any person who, without lawful excuse , wilfully refuses or
neglects to fill up and sign according to the truth of the case, or to alter
or amend in any particular, if required to do so by the enumerator, any
schedule so left at his house or place of residence ; or to deliver the same

to the enumerator or other officer when required to do so ; or to furnish
information to any enumerator , or to permit any enumerator to obtain
information on board his vessel ; or to answer any such question as afore

said put to him by any enumerator or other officer, shall , on conviction
before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars ;
and any person who wilfully makes , signs , or delivers, or causes to be
made, signed , or delivered, any false return as to any of the matters
specified in this Ordinance ; or who wilfully obstructs any enumerator
or person engaged in the execution of duties required of them under this
Ordinance, shall , on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars .

Any enumerator appointed under this Ordinance who knowingly
makes a false return of any of the matters specified herein , shall be liable ,
on conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars.

Fines imposed under this section shall be recoverable in the same
way as fines imposed on convictions under Ordinance 16 of 1875 .

Payment of 8. The Governor in Council shall award such remuneration as he
officers.
thinks fit to officers and enumerators appointed under this Ordinance .




No. 3 of 1881.

Title. An Ordinance entitled " The Penal Ordinances amendment

Ordinance, 1881. "

[ 24th June, 1881. ]

Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient to amend the penal laws in force in this
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Colony Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with
the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

Repeal. 1. The enactments described in the schedule to this Ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent specified in the schedule : Provided that

such repeal shall not affect the past operation of any such enactment or
anything done or suffered thereunder .