FORTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1891

FORTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1891

No. 3 of 1891.

An Ordinance to make provision for the protection of the
forts in the Colony.
[24th June, 1891.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Forts Protectin
Ordinance, 1891.

2. In this Ordinance, guard includes any soldier or
sentry belonging to His Majesty's regular troops who is
employed on military duty in any battery, field-work, or
forification.

3. Every person who enters any battery, field-work, or
fortification, unless he is the bearer of a written order for that
purpose duly granted to him by the officer in command of
His Majesty's regular forces in this Colony, or unless he is
an officer or warrant officer of the army, navy, or marine
forces in uniform or a non-commissioned officer of the army,
navy, or marine forces on duty, shall upon summary convic-
tion be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars,
or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.

4. Any order granted to any contractor employed by the
Commanding Royal Engineer shall cover all Chinese labourers
specifically mentioned in such order actually employed on
work in any such battery, field-work, or fortification.

5. If any person, not being an officer or warrant officer of
the army, navy, or marine forces in uniform or a non-commis-
sioned officer of the army, navy, or marine forces on duty,
enters, or attempts to enter, or is found in any such battery,
field-work, or fortification, any guard may require such
person to show his order for the purpose, and if such person,
on being so required, does not produce and show his order
or if the said guard suspects that the order produced and
shown to him is not an order duly granted to such person or
not sufficient authority for such person to be in the said
battery, field-work, or fortification, he may arrest such
person forthwith and deliver him into the charge of an
officer of police.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.

Originally No. 10 of 1891. Law Rev. Ord., 1924. Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of person not bearing order, or being officer of soldier, from entering battery, etc. Order granted to contractor to include workmen. Arrest of person entering battery, etc.

Originally No. 10 of 1891. Law Rev. Ord., 1924. Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of person not bearing order, or being officer of soldier, from entering battery, etc. Order granted to contractor to include workmen. Arrest of person entering battery, etc.

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