ORDER AND CLEANLINESS ORDINANCE, 1867
Title
ORDER AND CLEANLINESS ORDINANCE, 1867
Description
ORDINANCE No.2 OF 1867.
Order and Cleanliness Ordinance, 1867.
AN Ordinance to make further provision for the Maintenance
of Order and Cleanliness within the Colony. [1st July, 1867.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Order and Cleanliness Ordi-
nance, 1867.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to apply a certain proportion,
not exceeding three-fourths, of all fines and penalties recovered in any
court to the payment of such rewards, bounties, and gratuities as he
may think fit from time to time to any member of the Police Force or o
any constable for meritorious conduct, zeal displayed, or injury sus-
tained in the execution of his duty, or to such private persons or
informers as the Governor may deem deserving of being rewarded for
assisting in the detection of crime or the apprehension of offenders.
3.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to
time to frame such regualtions, to be enforced by such fines and penal-
ties as to him may seem fit, for the remvoeal of night soil and the
depositing of rubbish and for the more effectual carrying out of the
provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) All such regulations shall be duly published in The Gazette, and
from and after such publication shall have the same force and effect as
if the same had been enacted by an Ordinance duly passed for that
purpose.
4. Every male person who, subsequently to the commencement of
this Ordinance, is charged with having committed or having attempted
to commit, or with having been an aider, abettor, counseller, or procurer
in the commission of, any offence which now is or hereafter may be by
law deemed or declared to be simple larceny of punishable as simple
lareeny, and whose age, at the time of the commission or attempted
commission of such offence, does not, in the opinion of the court before
which he is brought or appears, exceed the age of sixteen years, shall,
on conviction thereof, be liable, by the sentence of such court, to be
once or twice whipped, wither instead of or in addition to any other
punishment which may now be inflicted for such offence.
5. From and after the 1st day of Ausust, 1867, it shall not be lawful
for any Chinese to act as a money-changer in this Colony unless he has
previously obtained a licence to do so from the Registrar General, which licence shall remain in force for one year, and for which the sum of five
dollars shall be annually paid to the Registrar General, who shall
account therefor to the Coloial Treasurer.
6. Any Chinese who-
(1) carries on the business of or acts as a money-changer in this
Colony without having obtained such a licence or after the expira-
tion of the same; or
(2) violates any of the conditions contained in the said licence,
shall, on conviction thereof before a magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars and, in default of payment, to impri-
sonment, with or without hard labour, under and in accordance with the
provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to
Magistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offences punishable on summary conviction.
7. All penalties imposed under this Ordinance shall be recovered and
appropriated in the manner provided by the Ordinance mentioned in
the last preceding section.
A.D. 1867. Ordinance No. 9 of 1867. Power to Governor to appropriate certain proportion of fines for payment of rewards to Police and informers. Making of regulations for removal of night soil, etc. Power to order whiping of juvenile male offender in certain cases. See Ordinance No. 7 of 1901. Licensing of Chinese money-changers. Penalty on unlicensed person acting as money-changer. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Recovery and appropriation of penalties.
Order and Cleanliness Ordinance, 1867.
AN Ordinance to make further provision for the Maintenance
of Order and Cleanliness within the Colony. [1st July, 1867.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Order and Cleanliness Ordi-
nance, 1867.
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to apply a certain proportion,
not exceeding three-fourths, of all fines and penalties recovered in any
court to the payment of such rewards, bounties, and gratuities as he
may think fit from time to time to any member of the Police Force or o
any constable for meritorious conduct, zeal displayed, or injury sus-
tained in the execution of his duty, or to such private persons or
informers as the Governor may deem deserving of being rewarded for
assisting in the detection of crime or the apprehension of offenders.
3.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to
time to frame such regualtions, to be enforced by such fines and penal-
ties as to him may seem fit, for the remvoeal of night soil and the
depositing of rubbish and for the more effectual carrying out of the
provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) All such regulations shall be duly published in The Gazette, and
from and after such publication shall have the same force and effect as
if the same had been enacted by an Ordinance duly passed for that
purpose.
4. Every male person who, subsequently to the commencement of
this Ordinance, is charged with having committed or having attempted
to commit, or with having been an aider, abettor, counseller, or procurer
in the commission of, any offence which now is or hereafter may be by
law deemed or declared to be simple larceny of punishable as simple
lareeny, and whose age, at the time of the commission or attempted
commission of such offence, does not, in the opinion of the court before
which he is brought or appears, exceed the age of sixteen years, shall,
on conviction thereof, be liable, by the sentence of such court, to be
once or twice whipped, wither instead of or in addition to any other
punishment which may now be inflicted for such offence.
5. From and after the 1st day of Ausust, 1867, it shall not be lawful
for any Chinese to act as a money-changer in this Colony unless he has
previously obtained a licence to do so from the Registrar General, which licence shall remain in force for one year, and for which the sum of five
dollars shall be annually paid to the Registrar General, who shall
account therefor to the Coloial Treasurer.
6. Any Chinese who-
(1) carries on the business of or acts as a money-changer in this
Colony without having obtained such a licence or after the expira-
tion of the same; or
(2) violates any of the conditions contained in the said licence,
shall, on conviction thereof before a magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars and, in default of payment, to impri-
sonment, with or without hard labour, under and in accordance with the
provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to
Magistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offences punishable on summary conviction.
7. All penalties imposed under this Ordinance shall be recovered and
appropriated in the manner provided by the Ordinance mentioned in
the last preceding section.
A.D. 1867. Ordinance No. 9 of 1867. Power to Governor to appropriate certain proportion of fines for payment of rewards to Police and informers. Making of regulations for removal of night soil, etc. Power to order whiping of juvenile male offender in certain cases. See Ordinance No. 7 of 1901. Licensing of Chinese money-changers. Penalty on unlicensed person acting as money-changer. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Recovery and appropriation of penalties.
Abstract
A.D. 1867. Ordinance No. 9 of 1867. Power to Governor to appropriate certain proportion of fines for payment of rewards to Police and informers. Making of regulations for removal of night soil, etc. Power to order whiping of juvenile male offender in certain cases. See Ordinance No. 7 of 1901. Licensing of Chinese money-changers. Penalty on unlicensed person acting as money-changer. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Recovery and appropriation of penalties.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/572
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 2 of 1867
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“ORDER AND CLEANLINESS ORDINANCE, 1867,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 23, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/572.
