STONECUTTERS' ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1889
Title
STONECUTTERS' ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1889
Description
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1889.
Stonecutters' Island
AN ODINANCE ro make procision with respect ro Stonecutters'
Island.
[13th March,1889.]
BE ir enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Lesgislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Stonecutters' Island Ordinance,
1889.
2.In this Ordionance 'Guard' includes any soldier or sentry belong-
ing to Her Majesty's Regular Troops who is employed on military duty
in Stonecutters' Island.
3.-(1.)No person shall land or be upon Stonecutters' Island unless
he is the bearer of a written order for the purpose duly granted to
him by the Colonial Secretary or by the Officer in Command of Her
Majesty's Regular Troops in this Colony or unless he is an officer or
soldier of Her Majesty's Regular Troops employed on military duty in
the said Island or a Police officer or constable.
(2.)Every person who lands or is found on the said Island contrary
to this Ordinance shall,on summary conviction before a Magistrate,be
liale to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprison-
ment,with or without hard labour,for any term not exceeding three
months.
(3.)An order granted to any contractor employed euther by the Sur-
veyor General or by the COmmanding Royal Engineer shall cover all
Chinese labourers specifically mentioned in such order actually employed
on work in the said Island.
4.When any person lands or is found on the said Island,any guard
may require such person to show his order for the purpose,and if such
person,on being so required,does not produce and show his order,or if
the said guard suspects that the order produced and shown to him is not
an order duly granted to such person or not sufficient authority for such
person to be then upon the said Island,he may arrest such person forth-
with and deliver him into the charge of a constable or officer of the
Police Force.
5.The Governor may from time to time ,by Proclamation published
in The Gazette,exempt any portion or portions of the Island to be
defined by such Proclamation from the operation of this Ordinance,and
,ay from time to time vary or revoke any such Proclamation. A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 18 of 1889. Short title. Interpretation of term. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters' Island without written order and without authority. Power to arrest person landing or being on Island without order. Power to exempt portion of Island from operation of the Ordinance.
Stonecutters' Island
AN ODINANCE ro make procision with respect ro Stonecutters'
Island.
[13th March,1889.]
BE ir enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Lesgislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Stonecutters' Island Ordinance,
1889.
2.In this Ordionance 'Guard' includes any soldier or sentry belong-
ing to Her Majesty's Regular Troops who is employed on military duty
in Stonecutters' Island.
3.-(1.)No person shall land or be upon Stonecutters' Island unless
he is the bearer of a written order for the purpose duly granted to
him by the Colonial Secretary or by the Officer in Command of Her
Majesty's Regular Troops in this Colony or unless he is an officer or
soldier of Her Majesty's Regular Troops employed on military duty in
the said Island or a Police officer or constable.
(2.)Every person who lands or is found on the said Island contrary
to this Ordinance shall,on summary conviction before a Magistrate,be
liale to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprison-
ment,with or without hard labour,for any term not exceeding three
months.
(3.)An order granted to any contractor employed euther by the Sur-
veyor General or by the COmmanding Royal Engineer shall cover all
Chinese labourers specifically mentioned in such order actually employed
on work in the said Island.
4.When any person lands or is found on the said Island,any guard
may require such person to show his order for the purpose,and if such
person,on being so required,does not produce and show his order,or if
the said guard suspects that the order produced and shown to him is not
an order duly granted to such person or not sufficient authority for such
person to be then upon the said Island,he may arrest such person forth-
with and deliver him into the charge of a constable or officer of the
Police Force.
5.The Governor may from time to time ,by Proclamation published
in The Gazette,exempt any portion or portions of the Island to be
defined by such Proclamation from the operation of this Ordinance,and
,ay from time to time vary or revoke any such Proclamation. A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 18 of 1889. Short title. Interpretation of term. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters' Island without written order and without authority. Power to arrest person landing or being on Island without order. Power to exempt portion of Island from operation of the Ordinance.
Abstract
A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 18 of 1889. Short title. Interpretation of term. Penalty for landing or being on Stonecutters' Island without written order and without authority. Power to arrest person landing or being on Island without order. Power to exempt portion of Island from operation of the Ordinance.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/647
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 4 of 1889
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“STONECUTTERS' ISLAND ORDINANCE, 1889,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 21, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/647.
