FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874
Title
FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874
Description
ORDIANCE NO.1 OF 1874
Foreign Recruiting Ordinance, 1874.
AN ORDIANCE to control Recruiting in the colony for the Service of
Foreign States. [16th November, 1874]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Governor-in-Council should
exercise full control over recruiting in this colony for the
service of foreign states;
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This ordinance may be cited as the foreign recruiting ordinance,
1874.
2. In this Ordinance the term 'Foreign State' includes any person
or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government
in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of
this Colony. 3. If any person is, within the limits of this colony, obtaining or
attmepting to obtain recruits for the service of any foreign state in any
capacity, the governor-in-council may, by order in writing signed by
the colonial secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing or
permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the governor-in-
council thinks fit to impose.
4. The governor-in-council may from time to time, by general order
notified in the gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any
foreign state or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he
thinks fit.
5. the governor-in-council may rescind or vary any order made
under this ordiance in such manner as he thinks fit.
6. Every person who, in violaiton of the prohibition of the governor-
in-council or of any condition subject to whcih permission to recruit
may have been accorded,-
(1) induces or attempts to induce any person to accept to agree to
accept, or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining, any
commission or employment in the service of any foreign state; or
(2) knowingly aids in the engagement of any person so induced, by
forwarding or conveying him or by advancing money or in ay
other way whatever,
shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding severn years,
or to fine to such amount as the court thinks fit, or to both.
7. Any offender against this ordinance shall be tried before the
supreme court.
A.D. 1874. Ordinance No. 7 of 1874.
Short title.
Interpretation of term. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting by individual persons. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting generally. Power to rescribed or vary order. Punishment of offences. Tribunal for trial of offenders.
Foreign Recruiting Ordinance, 1874.
AN ORDIANCE to control Recruiting in the colony for the Service of
Foreign States. [16th November, 1874]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Governor-in-Council should
exercise full control over recruiting in this colony for the
service of foreign states;
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This ordinance may be cited as the foreign recruiting ordinance,
1874.
2. In this Ordinance the term 'Foreign State' includes any person
or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government
in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of
this Colony. 3. If any person is, within the limits of this colony, obtaining or
attmepting to obtain recruits for the service of any foreign state in any
capacity, the governor-in-council may, by order in writing signed by
the colonial secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing or
permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the governor-in-
council thinks fit to impose.
4. The governor-in-council may from time to time, by general order
notified in the gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any
foreign state or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he
thinks fit.
5. the governor-in-council may rescind or vary any order made
under this ordiance in such manner as he thinks fit.
6. Every person who, in violaiton of the prohibition of the governor-
in-council or of any condition subject to whcih permission to recruit
may have been accorded,-
(1) induces or attempts to induce any person to accept to agree to
accept, or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining, any
commission or employment in the service of any foreign state; or
(2) knowingly aids in the engagement of any person so induced, by
forwarding or conveying him or by advancing money or in ay
other way whatever,
shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding severn years,
or to fine to such amount as the court thinks fit, or to both.
7. Any offender against this ordinance shall be tried before the
supreme court.
A.D. 1874. Ordinance No. 7 of 1874.
Short title.
Interpretation of term. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting by individual persons. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting generally. Power to rescribed or vary order. Punishment of offences. Tribunal for trial of offenders.
Abstract
A.D. 1874. Ordinance No. 7 of 1874.
Short title.
Interpretation of term. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting by individual persons. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting generally. Power to rescribed or vary order. Punishment of offences. Tribunal for trial of offenders.
Short title.
Interpretation of term. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting by individual persons. Power to prohibit or permit recruiting generally. Power to rescribed or vary order. Punishment of offences. Tribunal for trial of offenders.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/590
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1874
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 18, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/590.
