CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ORDINANCE

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 1 0v1866.

Criminal Law Amendment.

No. 1 of 186E

A-i Ordinance to amend certain Enactments relating to the

Title.

Criminal Law.

[29th January, 1886.E

E it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the
B advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows

Section 52 of 1, There shall be expunged from section 52 of Ordinance No.
4 of'
Ordinance
No. 4 of 1886 1.865, the words ' whether the second marriage shall have
taken place in

amended.

this Colony or elsewhere,' and also the words 'to any second marriage
contracted elsewhere than in this Colony by any other than a subject of
Her Majesty, or.'

nanoo 2.Ordinance No. 5 of 1865 is hereby amended by repealing section

xo, s of 18 4 s q thereof, and b renumberino^ the remaininm sections as
thouoh the
amended by r y a a a
~r 7s~on section repealed had never been inserted.

ordinance -

$. There shall be inserted in section 96 of Ordinance No. ? of 1865,.

No. 7 of 1860, 'strokes,' Reotiari ss after the word the words following,
that is to say, which:
amen<lod. shall in no case exceed forty.'

ordinance 4. 'there shall be inserted in section 60 of Ordinance No. 8 of
1865,.
No. 8 of 1865,- i~ ,~ 'which
~eotion Ro after the word strobes, the words followinn, that is to say, -
aruended. r >
shall in no case exceed forty.'

Section 84 of
Ordinance

No. 4 of 1886
repealed, and
new section
inserted in
liar.

. Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 is hereby amended by repealing
section 64, and by inserting in lieu thereof the section following

'64. Whenever, solitary confinement may be awarded for
' any indictable offence under this Ordinance, the Court may
'direct the offender to be kept in solitary confinement for any
' portion or portions of his imprisonment or of his imprisonment
'with hard labour, not exceeding one month at any one time,
' and not exceeding three months in any one year ; alid~whenever-
' whipping may be awarded for any indictable offence under -
'this Ordinance, the Court may sentence the offender to be
'once privately whipped, and the number of strokes, which
' shall in no case exceed forty, and .the instrume*4h which
~` they shall be inflicted, shall be specified by t& Court in the-
' sentence.'
Criminal Law Amendment.

6. It shall be lawful for the commissioners appointed to compile a Power to
commis-
new edition of the Ordinances to make therein, and they are hereby Lion.
to
make fore-

required to make therein, the several amendments hereinbefore
mentioned. going amend-
ments in the

new edition
of the Ordi-
nances.

NOTE.-The amendments in this Ordinance provided for, were incor-
porated in volume I of the Ordinances published in 1866.
878
Title.
Section 52 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 amended.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1865 amended by repealing section 7.
Ordinance No. 7 of 1865, section 96 amended.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1865, section 60 amended.
Section 64 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 repealed, and new section inserted in lieu.
879

Power to commissioners to make foregoing amendments in the new edition of the Ordinances.

878
Title.
Section 52 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 amended.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1865 amended by repealing section 7.
Ordinance No. 7 of 1865, section 96 amended.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1865, section 60 amended.
Section 64 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865 repealed, and new section inserted in lieu.
879

Power to commissioners to make foregoing amendments in the new edition of the Ordinances.

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