FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACTS (EXPENSES OF CRIMINALS) ORDINANCE, 1889
Title
FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACTS (EXPENSES OF CRIMINALS) ORDINANCE, 1889
Description
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1890.
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts (Expenses of Criminals)
AN ORDINANCE to provide for certain Expenses in relation to
Persons Natives of or ordinarily resident in this Colony who
have been convicted or acquitted on the ground of Insanity
before Courts exercising Jurisdiction under the Imperial
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts in Foreign Countries.
[3rd December,1889.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislation Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts
(Expenses of Criminals) Ordinance,1889.
2.Where any person who is a native of or ordinarily resides in this
Colony has committed an offence in any country or place out of Her
Majesty's Dominions,and such person has been tried and either convict-
ed or acquitted on the ground of insanity before any Court,Judge,
Magistrate,or Officer acting or exercising jurisdiction within or in
relation to any such country or place over such person by virtue of the
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts,1843 to 1878,of the Imperial Parliament or
any Order of Her Majesty-in-Council made in pursuance thereof,the
expenses of the removal of the prisoner to this Colony,or to the place
where he is to undergo his sentence or be confined as a criminal lunatic,
and of his maintenance during imprisonment or confinement,and any
other expenses properly incident to his conviction or acquittal as afore-
said,shall,excepr in so far as the prisoner's effects under the order of
the Court before which he is tried are sufficient to meet the same,be
borne and paid out of the Colonial Treasury:Provided always that no
such payment shall be made until a certificate og the amount of such
expenses,after deducting the proceeds,if any,of the prisoner's effects,
has been transmitted to the Colonial Secretary under the hand and seal
of the Judge,Magistrate,or Officer acting or exercising jurisdiction in
the country or place where the criminal lunatic was trial,and,in the
case of expenses incurred in the maintenance of such lunatic during
imprisonment or confinement,under the hand of the head officer of the
prison or place of confinement. A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 50 of 1889. Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of in sanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts (Expenses of Criminals)
AN ORDINANCE to provide for certain Expenses in relation to
Persons Natives of or ordinarily resident in this Colony who
have been convicted or acquitted on the ground of Insanity
before Courts exercising Jurisdiction under the Imperial
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts in Foreign Countries.
[3rd December,1889.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislation Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts
(Expenses of Criminals) Ordinance,1889.
2.Where any person who is a native of or ordinarily resides in this
Colony has committed an offence in any country or place out of Her
Majesty's Dominions,and such person has been tried and either convict-
ed or acquitted on the ground of insanity before any Court,Judge,
Magistrate,or Officer acting or exercising jurisdiction within or in
relation to any such country or place over such person by virtue of the
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts,1843 to 1878,of the Imperial Parliament or
any Order of Her Majesty-in-Council made in pursuance thereof,the
expenses of the removal of the prisoner to this Colony,or to the place
where he is to undergo his sentence or be confined as a criminal lunatic,
and of his maintenance during imprisonment or confinement,and any
other expenses properly incident to his conviction or acquittal as afore-
said,shall,excepr in so far as the prisoner's effects under the order of
the Court before which he is tried are sufficient to meet the same,be
borne and paid out of the Colonial Treasury:Provided always that no
such payment shall be made until a certificate og the amount of such
expenses,after deducting the proceeds,if any,of the prisoner's effects,
has been transmitted to the Colonial Secretary under the hand and seal
of the Judge,Magistrate,or Officer acting or exercising jurisdiction in
the country or place where the criminal lunatic was trial,and,in the
case of expenses incurred in the maintenance of such lunatic during
imprisonment or confinement,under the hand of the head officer of the
prison or place of confinement. A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 50 of 1889. Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of in sanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.
Abstract
A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 50 of 1889. Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of in sanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/651
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 8 of 1889
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACTS (EXPENSES OF CRIMINALS) ORDINANCE, 1889,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 19, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/651.
