DEPORTATION OF MENDICANTS ORDINANCE

DEPORTATION OF MENDICANTS ORDINANCE

Deportation of Mendicants.

No. 7 of 1859.

An Ordinance to amend the Provisions of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858, respecting
the Deportation of Mendicants.

[26th December, 1859.]

WHEREAS it is desirable to amend the provisions, in ordinance No. 8 of 1858
y~ ,,contained, respecting the deportation of mendicants from this
Colony, and to
embody. the claw respecting such deportation in one Ordinance : . Be it
enacted and or-
dain'ed by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of
the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-

1. That from and after the passing of this Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1 of
1859,
and also so much of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 as provides that persons
convicted of
mendicancy in the public streets shall, if His Excellency in Council
shall so decide, be
deported to any place in the Chinese Empire or elsewhere, shall be, and
the same are
hereby, repealed.

2: That.any offender under section 23 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 shall,
in addi- oregnaar9,nayhe.
Deported to their
tion to the punishment for each offence provided by the said Ordinance,.
he deported to satire c mntry.
his native country, or, with the consent of such offender, to any other
place, if His Ex-
cellency the Governor shall so decide.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 9 of 1864.] 445

Preamble.
Repeal of No. 1 of 1859, and of part of No. 8 of 1858.
Offenders may be deported to their native country.

445

Preamble.
Repeal of No. 1 of 1859, and of part of No. 8 of 1858.
Offenders may be deported to their native country.

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