TRIAD AND SECRET SOCIETIES ORDINANCE

TRIAD AND SECRET SOCIETIES ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 12 of 1845.

Triad and Secret Societies.

No. 12 of 1845.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1 of 1845, entitled 'An Ordinance
Title.
for the Suppression of the 'Crud and other secret Societies in the
Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies.'

[20th October, 1845.]

'WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend the said Ordinance No. 1 of
1845, hrean,ble. -
~~/ with a view to introducing certain limitations, and giving additional
certainty to
its provisions:- ^

' 1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor
of
'Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that no
person or persons
shall be considered as coming within the provisions or intent of the
before mentioned
'Ordinance, No. 1 of 1845, who shall have joined the Triad society in
ignorance of its
designs, or under the influence of terror, or who shall not be duly
convicted of active
participation in some unlawful act arising out of his or their connexion
with the !laid
society.

2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that so far as the said
enactment
provides that any offender shall, in addition to the other punishments ox
penalties
contained in the said Ordinance, No. 1 of 1845, be marked on the right
cheek, the
same be, and is hereby repealed: But it is further provided, that in case
of, any
conviction under these ordinances, or either of them, the presiding judge
shall in his
discretion have power to direct, as an additional punishment, that after
the expiration
of the term of imprisonment to which any such offender or offenders may
be subjected,
he or they shall be marked in the manner usual in the case of military
deserters,
under the left arm, and expelled or banished from the said Island for the
term of his
or their natural lives. Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881.]

3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in case any person or
persona,
after being so sentenced as aforesaid, shall return to the said Island,
he or they so
returning shall or may be transported for life to such British place or
settlement as
shall at the time be provided for the reception of convicts under
sentence of
transportation from this Colony. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1881.]

4. And it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that so far as the said
Ordinance, Ordinance No. i
of 1846 net to
No, 1 of 1845, can be construed to provide any penalty against members of
any secret apply to any
society other
society other than the said Triad society (under that or any other
assumed name), the than theTriad.

.sariie be and is hereby repealed.

Operation of
Ordinance No: 1
of 1846 limited to
certain cases.

Convicts to be
marked as in
the case of

deserter,fabaniehedko

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the Island, n~.

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the Court; - ,-

Persons return-
1%' to the Island
after banishment
to be transported
for life to a
British
settlement.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1887]
Title.
Preamble.
Operation of Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 limited to certain cases.
Convicts to be marked as in the case of deserters, and banished from the Island, at the discretion of the Court.
Perosns returning to the Island after banishment to be transported for life to a British settlement.
Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 not to apply to any society other than the Triad.

Title.
Preamble.
Operation of Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 limited to certain cases.
Convicts to be marked as in the case of deserters, and banished from the Island, at the discretion of the Court.
Perosns returning to the Island after banishment to be transported for life to a British settlement.
Ordinance No. 1 of 1845 not to apply to any society other than the Triad.

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