FORTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1891
Title
FORTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1891
Description
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1891.
Forts Protection
AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Protection of the
Forts in the Colony.
[24th June,1891.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Forts Protection Ordinance,
1891. 2. The word 'guard' inthis Ordinance includes any soldier or
sentry belonging to Her Majesty's Regular Troops who is employed on
military duty in any battery, field-work, or fortification in this Colony.
3.-(1.)No person shall enter any battery, field-work, or fortification
in this Colony unless he is the bearer of a written order for that purpose
duly granted to him by the Officer in command of Her Majesty's
Regular Forces in this Colony,or unless he is an officer or warrant
officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine Forces in uniform or a non-
commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine Forces on duty.
(2.)Every person who enters any such battery, field-work, or fortifica-
tion contrary to this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction before a
Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars
or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not
exceeding three months.
4. Any order granted to any contractor employed by the Officer
Commanding the Royal Engineers shall cover all Chinese labourers
specifically mentioned in such order actually employed on work in any
such battery, field-work,or fortication.
5. If any person, not being an officer or warrant officer of the Army,
Navy, or Marine Forces in uniform or a non-commissioned officer of the
Army, Navy, or Marine Forces on duty, enters, or attempts to enter, or
is found in any such battery, field-work, or fortication, any guard may
require such person to show his order for the purpose, and if such person,
on being so required, does not produced and shown to him is not an
order duly granted to such person or not sufficient authority for such
person to be in the said battery, field-work, or fortication, he may
arrest such person forthwith and deliver him into the charge of an officer
or constable of the Police Force.
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 10 of 1891. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of person not bearing order, or being officer or soldier, from entering battery, etc. Order granted to contractor to include workmen. Arrest of person entering battery, etc., contrary to the Ordinance.
Forts Protection
AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Protection of the
Forts in the Colony.
[24th June,1891.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Forts Protection Ordinance,
1891. 2. The word 'guard' inthis Ordinance includes any soldier or
sentry belonging to Her Majesty's Regular Troops who is employed on
military duty in any battery, field-work, or fortification in this Colony.
3.-(1.)No person shall enter any battery, field-work, or fortification
in this Colony unless he is the bearer of a written order for that purpose
duly granted to him by the Officer in command of Her Majesty's
Regular Forces in this Colony,or unless he is an officer or warrant
officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine Forces in uniform or a non-
commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine Forces on duty.
(2.)Every person who enters any such battery, field-work, or fortifica-
tion contrary to this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction before a
Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars
or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not
exceeding three months.
4. Any order granted to any contractor employed by the Officer
Commanding the Royal Engineers shall cover all Chinese labourers
specifically mentioned in such order actually employed on work in any
such battery, field-work,or fortication.
5. If any person, not being an officer or warrant officer of the Army,
Navy, or Marine Forces in uniform or a non-commissioned officer of the
Army, Navy, or Marine Forces on duty, enters, or attempts to enter, or
is found in any such battery, field-work, or fortication, any guard may
require such person to show his order for the purpose, and if such person,
on being so required, does not produced and shown to him is not an
order duly granted to such person or not sufficient authority for such
person to be in the said battery, field-work, or fortication, he may
arrest such person forthwith and deliver him into the charge of an officer
or constable of the Police Force.
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 10 of 1891. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of person not bearing order, or being officer or soldier, from entering battery, etc. Order granted to contractor to include workmen. Arrest of person entering battery, etc., contrary to the Ordinance.
Abstract
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 10 of 1891. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of person not bearing order, or being officer or soldier, from entering battery, etc. Order granted to contractor to include workmen. Arrest of person entering battery, etc., contrary to the Ordinance.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/659
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1891
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“FORTS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, 1891,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 22, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/659.
