BREACH OF CONDITIONAL PARDON ORDINANCE
Title
BREACH OF CONDITIONAL PARDON ORDINANCE
Description
Breach of Comditional Pardon.
No. 5 of 1871.
An Ordinance to provide for the Trial and Punishment of Offenders to
whom a Pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860,
and who may be found at large within the Colony, in Violation of
the Condition of such Pardon.
[1st September, 1871.]
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the trial and punishment of offenders to
whom a pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 and who
may be found at large within the Colony, in violation of the condition of such pardon :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows : --
1. The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say : Section 2 of
Oridnance No. 1 of 1860, and Ordinance No. 16 of 1870.
2. If any offender to whom a pardon shall have been granted, either before or
after the passing of this Ordinance under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 on
condition of his quitting the Colony, be afterwards found at large therein without
lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie upon him, he shall be guilty of a
felony or of a misdemeanour according to the nature of the offence for which he shall
have received such conditional pardon, and shall on conviction thereof before the
Supreme Court be liable in the discretion of the Court to any sentence not exceeding
the whole of his original or commuted sentence, such sentence to commence from the
date at which he shall be tried and convicted under this Ordinance : Provided always
that in all cases in which the prisoner when brought before a Magistrate upon such
charge shall plead guilty thereto, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal sum
marily with the case instead of committing the prisoner for trail at the Supreme Court.
3. This Ordinances and Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 shall be read together and
construed as one Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1882.]
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Construction.
No. 5 of 1871.
An Ordinance to provide for the Trial and Punishment of Offenders to
whom a Pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860,
and who may be found at large within the Colony, in Violation of
the Condition of such Pardon.
[1st September, 1871.]
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the trial and punishment of offenders to
whom a pardon has been granted under Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 and who
may be found at large within the Colony, in violation of the condition of such pardon :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows : --
1. The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say : Section 2 of
Oridnance No. 1 of 1860, and Ordinance No. 16 of 1870.
2. If any offender to whom a pardon shall have been granted, either before or
after the passing of this Ordinance under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 on
condition of his quitting the Colony, be afterwards found at large therein without
lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie upon him, he shall be guilty of a
felony or of a misdemeanour according to the nature of the offence for which he shall
have received such conditional pardon, and shall on conviction thereof before the
Supreme Court be liable in the discretion of the Court to any sentence not exceeding
the whole of his original or commuted sentence, such sentence to commence from the
date at which he shall be tried and convicted under this Ordinance : Provided always
that in all cases in which the prisoner when brought before a Magistrate upon such
charge shall plead guilty thereto, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal sum
marily with the case instead of committing the prisoner for trail at the Supreme Court.
3. This Ordinances and Ordinance No. 1 of 1860 shall be read together and
construed as one Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1882.]
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Preamble.
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Abstract
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Title.
Preamble.
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Construction.
Title.
Preamble.
Repealing clause.
Breach of conditional pardon.
Construction.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/291
Edition
1890
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 5 of 1871
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BREACH OF CONDITIONAL PARDON ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 23, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/291.
