PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860
Title
PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860
Description
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1860.
PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860
AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Remission of Penalties.
[17th August, 1860.]
Wheresa penalties which under penal statues or Ordinances are
made payable to parties other than the Crown cannot be remit-
ted by the Governor where no express provision has been made by the
Imperial Statute or Colonial Ordinance for that purpose, and it is ex-
pedient that the law as to the remission of such penalties should be
amended and made uniform:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council therof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Penalties (Remission) Ordi-
nance, 1860.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to remit, in whole or in part,
any sum of money which, under any Act of the Imperial Legislature or
any Ordinance now in force or hereafter to be passed in this Colony,
may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture on a convicted offender,
although such money may be in whole or in part payable to some party
other than the Crown, and to order the discharge of any person who
may be imprisoned for non-payment of any sum of money so imposed.
A.D. 1860. Ordinance No. 14 of 1860. Short title. Power to Governor to remit penalties other than those due to the Crown.
PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860
AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Remission of Penalties.
[17th August, 1860.]
Wheresa penalties which under penal statues or Ordinances are
made payable to parties other than the Crown cannot be remit-
ted by the Governor where no express provision has been made by the
Imperial Statute or Colonial Ordinance for that purpose, and it is ex-
pedient that the law as to the remission of such penalties should be
amended and made uniform:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council therof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Penalties (Remission) Ordi-
nance, 1860.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to remit, in whole or in part,
any sum of money which, under any Act of the Imperial Legislature or
any Ordinance now in force or hereafter to be passed in this Colony,
may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture on a convicted offender,
although such money may be in whole or in part payable to some party
other than the Crown, and to order the discharge of any person who
may be imprisoned for non-payment of any sum of money so imposed.
A.D. 1860. Ordinance No. 14 of 1860. Short title. Power to Governor to remit penalties other than those due to the Crown.
Abstract
A.D. 1860. Ordinance No. 14 of 1860. Short title. Power to Governor to remit penalties other than those due to the Crown.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/557
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1860
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 20, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/557.
