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2094 ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1887.


Statute Law Revision. Defamation and Libel.


No. 13 of 1881 ..... .The whole.
No. 15 of 1881 ....... 99
No. 1 of 1882 ………….. 99
No. 13 of 1882 ..... 99
No. 14 of 1882 ...... "9
No. 15 of 1882 ……….. 99
No. 2 of 1883 .... 99
No. 10 of 1883 ...... ""
No. 11 of 1883 ..... 99
No. 12 of 1883 ....... 97
No. 17 of 1883 ..... ""
No. 4 of 1884 ..... 99
No. 11 of 1884 ...... "2
No 20 of 1884 ..... 99
No. 21 of 1884 ...... ""
No. 22 of 1884 ...... 99
No. 1 of 1885 ..... 99
No. 14 of 1885 ...... 39
No. 16 of 1885 ..... ""
No. 17 of 1885 ….... 99
No. 24 of 1886 . 99




No. 5 of 1887.


Title. An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law respect
ing Defamatory Words and Libel.


[ 22nd February, 1887. ]


BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows :


Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as " The Defama
tion and Libel Ordinance, 1887."


Repeal of No. 2. So much of Ordinance No. 3 of 1854 as relates to the Act passed
3 of 1854
[ in pt. ] in the 6th and 7th years of Her Present Majesty chapter ninety-six is
hereby repealed , but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done
or suffered thereunder.