EXPORTATION OF MILITARY STONES ORDINANCE
Title
EXPORTATION OF MILITARY STONES ORDINANCE
Description
Exportation of Military Stores.
No. 3 of 1862.
An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency the Governor by
Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores
and other Articles.
[17th March, 1862.]
WHEREAS it is desirable to vest in His Excellency the
Gov'ernor~
power to prohibit the exportation of military stores and other
articles and goods, subject to such provisions as are hereinafter
expressed:
Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows:-
1. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be published in
the Hongkong Government Gazette, or in any Extraordinary Gazette, to,
prohibit for such period as shall be mentioned in such Proclamation,
either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong -:or to be carried.
caastvQise within the said Colony, arms, ammunition, =a;d gunpowder,.
military and naval stores, anal any articles which His excellency may
judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the
quantity of military or. naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual;
which may be used as food by man, or any or either of such arms,.
Exportation of Military Stores.
No. 3 of 1862.
ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods or articles, respectively. And in
case any such arms, ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods, or articles
which shall have been so prohibited shall be exported from the said
Colony or shall be carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported
or carried, they shall be forfeited and shall vest in Her Majesty, and
forthwith thereupon it shall ^ be the duty of -the Harbour Master of this
Colony by warrant larder his hand upon his own view, or upon a.n infor-
mation made upon oath before any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony,
to cause all such hoods and articles so hereinb3fore declared forfeited to
be seized, and to detain the same to the use of Her Majesty and to be
disposed of as His Excelleucy the Governor shall by order under his
hand and seal direct. [Anaeatded by Ordinance No. 3 of 1884.]
2. The Harbour Master shall not be liable in damages or otherwise
for any act done by him in pursuance of the obligation and duty imposed
on him by this Ordinance, and in case His Excellency the Governor shall
direct tile disposition of any goods or article which shall have been
seized
by the said Harbour Master, such direction shall be conclusive evidence
that the act done by the said Harbour Master is within the duEy imposed
on the said Harbour Master by this Ordinance.
500
Preamble.
Exportation of military stores, &c., may be prohibited by Proclamation, and forfeiture and mode of seizure for breach of prohibition.
501
Harbour Master not to be liable for acts when adopted by the Governor.
No. 3 of 1862.
An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency the Governor by
Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores
and other Articles.
[17th March, 1862.]
WHEREAS it is desirable to vest in His Excellency the
Gov'ernor~
power to prohibit the exportation of military stores and other
articles and goods, subject to such provisions as are hereinafter
expressed:
Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows:-
1. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be published in
the Hongkong Government Gazette, or in any Extraordinary Gazette, to,
prohibit for such period as shall be mentioned in such Proclamation,
either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong -:or to be carried.
caastvQise within the said Colony, arms, ammunition, =a;d gunpowder,.
military and naval stores, anal any articles which His excellency may
judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the
quantity of military or. naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual;
which may be used as food by man, or any or either of such arms,.
Exportation of Military Stores.
No. 3 of 1862.
ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods or articles, respectively. And in
case any such arms, ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods, or articles
which shall have been so prohibited shall be exported from the said
Colony or shall be carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported
or carried, they shall be forfeited and shall vest in Her Majesty, and
forthwith thereupon it shall ^ be the duty of -the Harbour Master of this
Colony by warrant larder his hand upon his own view, or upon a.n infor-
mation made upon oath before any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony,
to cause all such hoods and articles so hereinb3fore declared forfeited to
be seized, and to detain the same to the use of Her Majesty and to be
disposed of as His Excelleucy the Governor shall by order under his
hand and seal direct. [Anaeatded by Ordinance No. 3 of 1884.]
2. The Harbour Master shall not be liable in damages or otherwise
for any act done by him in pursuance of the obligation and duty imposed
on him by this Ordinance, and in case His Excellency the Governor shall
direct tile disposition of any goods or article which shall have been
seized
by the said Harbour Master, such direction shall be conclusive evidence
that the act done by the said Harbour Master is within the duEy imposed
on the said Harbour Master by this Ordinance.
500
Preamble.
Exportation of military stores, &c., may be prohibited by Proclamation, and forfeiture and mode of seizure for breach of prohibition.
501
Harbour Master not to be liable for acts when adopted by the Governor.
Abstract
500
Preamble.
Exportation of military stores, &c., may be prohibited by Proclamation, and forfeiture and mode of seizure for breach of prohibition.
501
Harbour Master not to be liable for acts when adopted by the Governor.
Preamble.
Exportation of military stores, &c., may be prohibited by Proclamation, and forfeiture and mode of seizure for breach of prohibition.
501
Harbour Master not to be liable for acts when adopted by the Governor.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/167
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1862
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“EXPORTATION OF MILITARY STONES ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed March 1, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/167.
