FALSE PERSONATION ORDINANCE, 1874
Title
FALSE PERSONATION ORDINANCE, 1874
Description
Ordinance No. 3 of 1875
False Personation.
No. 3 of 1875.
An Ordinance to render personation with intent to deprive any,
person of any property felony.
[March 18th, 1875.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to personation:
Be it enactsdby~ the Governor of H on crkon~, ~ with the advice o, e o
the Eeivlative Council thereof, as fbllocvs :-.:.`
Personation =1: If way person -shall fAsely 'and deceitfully pers6nate guy
person,
in order to
obtain pro. or the heir, executor, or administrator, wife, widow; next of
kin, or
wperty to be
felony,, , relation of any person, with intent fraudulently to obtain any
land, estate,
[37 & 39 Vic.,
cap. 36) § 1.1 chattel, money, valuable security, or property, 'he shall
be guilty of
felony; and upon conviction shall be liable; at the discretion of the
Court-
by which he is convicted, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for any.
ORDINANCES No. 3 of 1875
False Personation.
period not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not
ezceeding two years, with or without hard labor, and with or without
solitary confinement
2. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent any person from being Saving
clause.
proceeded against°and punished under any other Ordinance, or at Common
Law, in respect of an offence (if any)^punishable as well under this Or-
dinance as under any, other Ordinance, or -at Common Law.
3. This Ordinance may he cited for all purposes as ''The False
Personatibn Ordinance, 1874.'
1362
Title.
Preamble.
Personation in order to obtain property to be felony.
[37 & 38 Vic., cap. 36, S 1.]
1363
Saving clause.
[Ibid, s. 2.]
Short title.
[Ibid, s. 4.]
False Personation.
No. 3 of 1875.
An Ordinance to render personation with intent to deprive any,
person of any property felony.
[March 18th, 1875.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to personation:
Be it enactsdby~ the Governor of H on crkon~, ~ with the advice o, e o
the Eeivlative Council thereof, as fbllocvs :-.:.`
Personation =1: If way person -shall fAsely 'and deceitfully pers6nate guy
person,
in order to
obtain pro. or the heir, executor, or administrator, wife, widow; next of
kin, or
wperty to be
felony,, , relation of any person, with intent fraudulently to obtain any
land, estate,
[37 & 39 Vic.,
cap. 36) § 1.1 chattel, money, valuable security, or property, 'he shall
be guilty of
felony; and upon conviction shall be liable; at the discretion of the
Court-
by which he is convicted, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for any.
ORDINANCES No. 3 of 1875
False Personation.
period not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not
ezceeding two years, with or without hard labor, and with or without
solitary confinement
2. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent any person from being Saving
clause.
proceeded against°and punished under any other Ordinance, or at Common
Law, in respect of an offence (if any)^punishable as well under this Or-
dinance as under any, other Ordinance, or -at Common Law.
3. This Ordinance may he cited for all purposes as ''The False
Personatibn Ordinance, 1874.'
1362
Title.
Preamble.
Personation in order to obtain property to be felony.
[37 & 38 Vic., cap. 36, S 1.]
1363
Saving clause.
[Ibid, s. 2.]
Short title.
[Ibid, s. 4.]
Abstract
1362
Title.
Preamble.
Personation in order to obtain property to be felony.
[37 & 38 Vic., cap. 36, S 1.]
1363
Saving clause.
[Ibid, s. 2.]
Short title.
[Ibid, s. 4.]
Title.
Preamble.
Personation in order to obtain property to be felony.
[37 & 38 Vic., cap. 36, S 1.]
1363
Saving clause.
[Ibid, s. 2.]
Short title.
[Ibid, s. 4.]
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/339
Edition
1890
Volume
v3
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1875
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“FALSE PERSONATION ORDINANCE, 1874,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 23, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/339.
