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1834 ORDINANCE No. 22 OF 1884 .


Peace Preservation.


Governor in 7. The Governor in Council may from time to time make and when made revoke
Council may
make regula alter or add to regulations, prohibiting or regulating the sale or importation of arms.
tions.
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If any person sell or import or attempt to sell or import any arms in contravention
of any such regulations, such arms shall be liable to be forfeited to Her Majesty and
the person so acting wilfully shall be deemed to be acting in contravention of this
Ordinance.

Ordinance 11 8. At any time after the passing of this Ordinance the Governor in Council may
of1870 may be
extended to by order declare that the provisions of Ordinance 14 of 1870 and all regulations made
the whole
of the Colony.
thereunder shall apply in relation to the whole or any part of the Colony as fully to all
intents and purposes as the same applied in relation to the City of Victoria at the time
of the passing of this Ordinance, and such provisions shall thereupon apply.
The Governor in Council may from time to time revoke add to or alter such order.

Persons 9. In any case where an order is made by the Governor in Council under the
ordered to be
banished may
be detained provisions of section 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1882, it shall be in the discretion of the
unti! leaving
the Colony. Governor in Council to order that the person named in such order be detained in
custody of the Police until he leaves the Colony, and such person may thereupon be
arrested and shall be deemed to be under lawful arrest until he leaves the Colony or
until the final departure from the Colony of any vessel in which he leaves .
Such order of detention shall provide that the person named therein shall have
reasonable facilities for settling his affairs and arranging for his departure.
Notices in The Captain Superintendent of Police shall cause notices in the Chinese language,
Chinese with
names of containing the names of persons against whom orders have been made under section
persons to be
banished to be
posted. 13 of Ordinance 8 of 1882 to be from time to time posted up in public and conspicuous
places.
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Chinese 10. No person shall post up or exhibit or cause to be posted up or exhibited
proclamations
not to be posted upon any wall or in any public place any public notice or proclamation in the Chinese
without permis
sion from the
Registrar language without the permission of the Registrar General being first obtained.
General.
The Registrar General may in his discretion refuse such permission in any case
in which he deems that the publication of such notice or proclamation may be preju
dicial to peace or good order.
Public notices No person shall tear down or deface or cause to be torn down or defaced any
or proclamations
not to be public notice or proclamation bearing the Official Seal of the Governor or of any
defaced or torn.
Government Department of the Colony.

Penalty. 11. Any person acting in contravention of this Ordinance shall be liable upon
summary conviction before a Magistrate to be imprisoned with hard labour for a term
not exceeding 3 months or at the discretion of the Magistrate to a penalty not exceed
ing $500. But if upon the hearing of the charge the Court shall be of opinion that
there are circumstances in the case which render it inexpedient to inflict any punish
ment it shall have power to dismiss the person charged without proceeding to conviction.


[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of1887. ]

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