TRANSPORTATION AND PENAL SERVITUDE ORDINANCE
Title
TRANSPORTATION AND PENAL SERVITUDE ORDINANCE
Description
Transportation and Penal Servitude.
No. 10 of 1887.
An Ordinance to abolish Transportation and Penal Servitude
and to substitute other Punishment in lieu thereof.
[13th April, 1887.]
.E it enacted by the Cot ernor~ of Hcnbkonb; with the advice of the
Lebisls,tive Council thereof, as follows :-
,1.. From and after the commencement of'this Ordinance no person
shall be sentenced to transportation or penal servitude, and .any person
who, if this Ordinance had not been passed' might have been sentenced
to .transportation or. penal servitude, shall after the commencement of
this Ordinance be liable to be sentenced to imprisonment with hard
labour for. a term ~of the same duration as the term of transportation or
penal servitude to which such personwould have been liable if this
Ordinance had not been passed.
rersonaunder2. All persons at present detained under any sentence of penal
penal . servi-
tude to be servitude shall for the remaining period of their sentence be-
deemed to
deemed to
have been have been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, and shall
be
s-,ntenai;d to '
herd labour. 'classed accordingly and shall be subject to all laws and
rules relating to
the care, custody, management, employment and discipline of offenders
under sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, in the. 3 same manner
as if they bad been originally sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour.
Repeal. $; Ordinance 10-of 1858 is hereby revealed.
2108
Penal servitude abolished.
Persons under penal servitude to be deemed to have been sentenced to hard labour.
Repeal.
No. 10 of 1887.
An Ordinance to abolish Transportation and Penal Servitude
and to substitute other Punishment in lieu thereof.
[13th April, 1887.]
.E it enacted by the Cot ernor~ of Hcnbkonb; with the advice of the
Lebisls,tive Council thereof, as follows :-
,1.. From and after the commencement of'this Ordinance no person
shall be sentenced to transportation or penal servitude, and .any person
who, if this Ordinance had not been passed' might have been sentenced
to .transportation or. penal servitude, shall after the commencement of
this Ordinance be liable to be sentenced to imprisonment with hard
labour for. a term ~of the same duration as the term of transportation or
penal servitude to which such personwould have been liable if this
Ordinance had not been passed.
rersonaunder2. All persons at present detained under any sentence of penal
penal . servi-
tude to be servitude shall for the remaining period of their sentence be-
deemed to
deemed to
have been have been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, and shall
be
s-,ntenai;d to '
herd labour. 'classed accordingly and shall be subject to all laws and
rules relating to
the care, custody, management, employment and discipline of offenders
under sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, in the. 3 same manner
as if they bad been originally sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour.
Repeal. $; Ordinance 10-of 1858 is hereby revealed.
2108
Penal servitude abolished.
Persons under penal servitude to be deemed to have been sentenced to hard labour.
Repeal.
Abstract
2108
Penal servitude abolished.
Persons under penal servitude to be deemed to have been sentenced to hard labour.
Repeal.
Penal servitude abolished.
Persons under penal servitude to be deemed to have been sentenced to hard labour.
Repeal.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/528
Edition
1890
Volume
v4
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 10 of 1887
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“TRANSPORTATION AND PENAL SERVITUDE ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 21, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/528.
