THE LAWS OF HONGKONG VOL. III (1912 EDITION) TREATIES etc.

THE LAWS OF HONGKONG VOL. III (1912 EDITION) TREATIES etc.

THE
LAWS OF HONGKONG
VOL. III

COMPRISING A SELECTION FROM THE

IMPERIAL TREATIES, STATUTES, RULES AND ORDERS

SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO HONGKONG

PREPARED AS A PART OF THE

NEW REVISED EDITION

Under Ordinance No. 19 of 1911

BY

CHALONER GRENVILLE ALABASTER
Somelime Acting Allorney General.

BY AUTHORITY

Printed by NORONTIA & Co.
government printers
1913





ACC No. 140.

DATE OF Acc. 11 Feb 1970

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CORRIGENDA.

The reference to the extradition treaty with Brazil 1872 should be
deleted from the list given on page 136 as it ceased to have effect from
the 14th September, 1913, having been formally denounced by the,

Government of Brazil on the 14th March, 1913.--See G.N. 347 in the
Hongkong Government Gazette of the 7th November, 1913.





TABLE OF CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME III

Part I.

Constitutional Documents.
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1. Cession of Hongkong, 1842 . ......... 2

2. First Charter, 1843, ............ ... ... ... 3

0. Lease of Kowlooii, 1860 ............. ... ... ... ... 3

4. Cession of Kowloon, 1860 . ........... ... ... 4

5. Kowloon Order in Council, 1861 . .... 5

6. Lease of -New Territories, 1898 . ... ... ... ... ... 6

7. Delimitation of Northern Frontier of New Territories, 1899, 7

8. Territories Order in Council, 1898 ... ... ... ... 8
9. Kowloon City Order in Council, 1899, - 9

10. the Charter, 1888 . ................ ... ... ... 11

11. Instructions to the Governor, 1888, ... ... 14
Additional Instructions, 1896 . ... ... ... 17, 18

12. Dormant Conunission, 1903 ...... ... ... ... ... ..: 23

13. Coinage Orders in Council-
(a.) For Payment of Troops, 1876, ... 24
(b.) British Dollar 1895, 25
(c.) Mexican Dollar 1895, 26

Part II

Treaties Applicable to Hongkong.
1. Treaty of Tientsin, 1858., ....... ... ... ... 32

2. Convention of Chefoo, 1876, (art. 7) . ... ... ... ... 43
3. Additional Article (London), 1885, ... ... ... 43

4. Opium Convention, 1886 . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46



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5.................................Mackay Commercial Treaty, 1902, (arts. 3, 4, 7, 15) ... 48

6. Labour Convention London, 1904, 50
Treaty of Peking, 1860, (art. 5) . ... ... ... 50

Part III.

Orders in Council Applicable to Hongkong.
1. Wei-hai-Wei Order in Council, 1901 . ... ... ... ... 58
2. China Order in Council, 1904, (arts. 2-6, 29, 50-52, 66,
80-84, 88, 123, 124, 131, 136, 168) . ... ... ... 80
Amendment Order in Council, 1907, 86
Letters Patent, 1866 . ... ... ... ... ... ... 89

3............China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1910 . ... ... 91
4.........China (Shipping Registry) Order in Council, 1904 . ... ... 93

Part IV.

A SELECTION FROM THE

Imperial Statutes Applicable to Honghong
1. Demise of the Crown Act, 1901 . .. ... ... ... ... 98
2. Royal Titles Act, 1901, .......... ... ... ... ... : 98
Proclamation under the Act .... ... ... ... ... 98
3. China Trade Act, 1833 . .......... ... ... ... ... ... 99
4. Chinese Passengers Act, 1855 . ..... ... ... .... ... 100
5. Chief Superintendent in China Act, 1859 . ... ... .... ... 111
6. Official Secrets Act, 1911 . ..... ... .. ... ... ... 112

Part V.

A SELECTION FROM THE
Imperial Statutes Specially Extended to Hongkong,
1. The Extradition Acts-
Order in Council, 1877 ................ ... ... 120
Act of 1870 . ............... ... ... ... ... 121
Act of 1873 . ............... ... ... ... 133
Act of 1895 . ............... ... ... ... ... 134
Act of 1906 . ............... ... ... ... ... 135
List of Extradition Treaties, ... ... ... ... ... 136





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2. The Fugitive Offenders Act -
Order in Council, 1885 ......... 137
Act of 1881 . ................ ... ... ... ... 138

3. The Colonial Prisoners Removal Acts -
Act of 1869, .......151
Act of 1884 . ................ ... ... ... ... 153
Order in Council, 1889, .... ... 159
Order in Council, 1907---.... 164
Order in Council, 1913 ............ 173

4. The Colonial Probates Act-
Order in Council, 1893 ................ ... 175
Act of 1892, ............... ... ... ... ... 175

5. The Finance Act 1894-
Order in Council, 1895 ......... ... ... ... 177
Act of 1894 . ................ ... ... ... ... 178

6. The Colonial Solicitors Act-
Order in Council, 1901 ................ ... 179
Act of 1900, .......183

7. The Post Office (Money Orders) Acts-
Regulations, 1884, .......... 184
Regulations, 1903 . ............ . ... ... 18G
Act of 1883 . ................ ... ... ... ... 190
Act of 1880 . ................ ... .. ... ... 191

8. The Superannuation Act-
Treasury Minutes, 1895,................ ... .... 193
Act of 1892 . ..................... ... .. 1903

9. The Copyright Act-
Proclamation, 1912, ................... 194
Act of 1911, . .............. ... ... ... 195

Part VI.

A SELECTION FROM THE
Merchant Shipping Acts.
1. International Provisions which have been applied to
Foreign Countries by Order in Council.
(a.) Tonnage Measurement of Foreign Ships (s. 84),._ 222





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(b.) Going on board Arriving Ship without leave
(ss. 218, 2191),--- ... ... 225
(c.) Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships
(s. 238) . ... ... ... ... 227
(d.) Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and

as to Signals of Distress (ss. 418, 419, 424, 434),... 229
(e.) Exemption of Foreign Ships from Rules as to

Life-Saying Appliances (ss. 427 to 431; Act of
1906, ss. 4, 5),--- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 232
Recognition of Foreign Deck-line and Load-line
Certificates (s. 445), ... --- ... ... ... ... 236
(g.) Application of Life-Salvage provisions to Foreign
Ships (ss. 544, 545), ... ... ... ... ... ... 237
(h) General Provision for extending other provisions
of the Act to Foreign Countries (s. 734) . ... ... 238
2. Provisions which have been applied to the Colonies by
Order in Council.
(a) Recognition of Colonial Load-line Certificates
(s. 444), --- --- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 239
(b.) Colonial Certificates of Competency (s. 102), 240
(c.) Imprisonment in Colonies of persons sentenced
by Naval Courts (Act of 1906, s. 67), ... --- ... 248

3. Provisions 'applicable to Colonial Legislatures and Gov-
ernors, etc.
Powers of Governor as to distressed seamen, ... 249
Powers of Governor in regard to health on board
ships, ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 250
Powers of Legislature to apply Part II of the Act
of 1894 to the Colony, ... ... ... ... ... 251
Conflict of Laws . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 251
Exclusion of Hongkong from definition of
Colonial Voyage .... ... ... ... ... ... ... 251
Sanitary Regulations as to Steerage Passengers,... 251
Powers of Governor in regard to wrecked
passengers, . ... ... ... .. ... ... 252
Governor may appoint Emigration Officers, 253
Powers of Governor as regards Emigrant Ships, 254
Power to Legislature to legislate as to Inquiries
into Shipping Casualties and Charges against
Officers, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 255
Right of Crown to Unclaimed Wreck .... ... ... 256



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Application of Penalties and Costs of Proseell-
tions in Colonies, ... ... ... ... ... ... 257
Prosecution of Offences under the Act, ... ... 257
Governor may appoint Surveyors of Ships .... ... 257
Legislature may repeal provisions of Act appli-
cable to Colony . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 258
Power of Legislature to regulate Coasting Trade, 258
Saving of Acts, 259

Part VII.

A SELECTION FROM THE
Rules of procedure Applicable to Hongkong.
1. Rules for Appeals to the Privy Council.
Additional Instructions, august 1909, 2C2
Rules, ....................... 263
Judicial Committee Rules, 1908 . ... ... ... 268

Signals of Distress.
Order in Council, 13th October, 1910 .... ... ... 291
Consolidated Ritles, .. ... ... ... ... ... 292
Maritime Conventions Act, 1911 Geo. V. c. 57, 305

3. Mail Ships Act, 1891,-54 & 55 Vict. c 31, 309

Mall Ships (France) Order in Council, 6th
February, 1892 . ............. 316
Convention with France, 1890 ... ... ... 317
Rules of Court, 1892, r. 24 . ... ... ... ., 322
Mail Ships Rules, .1895 ..... ... ... ... ... 322

4. Relief of Distressed. Seamen.
Regulations by Board of Trade, 1908 ... ... 325

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