DEFENCES (SKETCHING PREVENTION) ORDINANCE, 1895
Title
DEFENCES (SKETCHING PREVENTION) ORDINANCE, 1895
Description
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1895.
Defences (Sketching Prevention)
AN ORDINANCE to prevent the Sketching of Defences.
[4th March,1895.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Oridnance may be cited as the Defences (Sketching Preven-
tion) Ordinance,1895.
2.-(1.)From and after the commencement of this Ordinance,it shall
not be lawful for any person,whether a British subject or an alien,to
make any sketch,photograph,picture,or painting of any
battery,field work,or fortification or of any portion thereof within
this Colony or the waters thereof,without having previously obtained
the permission in writing of the Governor.
(2.)Such permission shall clearly and expressly state the nature of
the sketches,drawings,photographs,pictures,or paintings which may
be made by the person to whom such permission is given,and the place
or places of which such sketches,drawings,photographs,pictures,or
paintings may be made.
3.Every persons who contavenes the provisions of the last preceding
section shall,on summary conviction before a Magsitrate ,be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or,at the discretion of the
Magistrate,to imprisonemnt,with or without hard labour,for any term
not exceeding three months;and all such sketches,drawings,photo-
graphs,pictures,and paintings shall,at the discretion of the Magistrate,
be liable to forfeiture.
4.Any person found within the immediate vicinity of any battery,
field work,or fortification in this Colony and with sketching ,drawing,
photographic,or painting materials or apparatus in his possession,with
the intention of contravention the provisions of section 2, shall, on
summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars or, at the discretion of
the Magistrate, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any
term not exceeding one month.
5.It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent or Deputy
Superintendent of Police, or for any Police officer authoprized by either
of them, to search the baggage, apartments, and premises of any person
found committing any offence against this Ordinacne, and to take
possession of any sketched, drawings, photographs, pictures ,and paint-
ings which may appear to him to have been illegally made, and to
detain and deal with the same in such manner as may be directed by a
Magistrate.
6.Any commissioned or non-commissioned officer in Her Majesty's
Naval or Military Forces and any Police officer may, with or without
any warrant or other process, apprehend or cause to be apprehended any
person offending against this Ordinance or suspected of so offending,
and may bring him or cause him to be brought before a magsitrate for
the purpose of being dealt with according to law.
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 1 of 1895. See also Ordinance No. 3 of 1891. Short title. Prohibition of sketching of battery, etc. Penalty on person sketching battery, etc. Penalty on person attempting to sketch battery, etc. Power to search for and seize illegal sketches, etc.
Arrest of offender.
Defences (Sketching Prevention)
AN ORDINANCE to prevent the Sketching of Defences.
[4th March,1895.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Oridnance may be cited as the Defences (Sketching Preven-
tion) Ordinance,1895.
2.-(1.)From and after the commencement of this Ordinance,it shall
not be lawful for any person,whether a British subject or an alien,to
make any sketch,photograph,picture,or painting of any
battery,field work,or fortification or of any portion thereof within
this Colony or the waters thereof,without having previously obtained
the permission in writing of the Governor.
(2.)Such permission shall clearly and expressly state the nature of
the sketches,drawings,photographs,pictures,or paintings which may
be made by the person to whom such permission is given,and the place
or places of which such sketches,drawings,photographs,pictures,or
paintings may be made.
3.Every persons who contavenes the provisions of the last preceding
section shall,on summary conviction before a Magsitrate ,be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or,at the discretion of the
Magistrate,to imprisonemnt,with or without hard labour,for any term
not exceeding three months;and all such sketches,drawings,photo-
graphs,pictures,and paintings shall,at the discretion of the Magistrate,
be liable to forfeiture.
4.Any person found within the immediate vicinity of any battery,
field work,or fortification in this Colony and with sketching ,drawing,
photographic,or painting materials or apparatus in his possession,with
the intention of contravention the provisions of section 2, shall, on
summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars or, at the discretion of
the Magistrate, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any
term not exceeding one month.
5.It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent or Deputy
Superintendent of Police, or for any Police officer authoprized by either
of them, to search the baggage, apartments, and premises of any person
found committing any offence against this Ordinacne, and to take
possession of any sketched, drawings, photographs, pictures ,and paint-
ings which may appear to him to have been illegally made, and to
detain and deal with the same in such manner as may be directed by a
Magistrate.
6.Any commissioned or non-commissioned officer in Her Majesty's
Naval or Military Forces and any Police officer may, with or without
any warrant or other process, apprehend or cause to be apprehended any
person offending against this Ordinance or suspected of so offending,
and may bring him or cause him to be brought before a magsitrate for
the purpose of being dealt with according to law.
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 1 of 1895. See also Ordinance No. 3 of 1891. Short title. Prohibition of sketching of battery, etc. Penalty on person sketching battery, etc. Penalty on person attempting to sketch battery, etc. Power to search for and seize illegal sketches, etc.
Arrest of offender.
Abstract
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 1 of 1895. See also Ordinance No. 3 of 1891. Short title. Prohibition of sketching of battery, etc. Penalty on person sketching battery, etc. Penalty on person attempting to sketch battery, etc. Power to search for and seize illegal sketches, etc.
Arrest of offender.
Arrest of offender.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/680
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1895
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“DEFENCES (SKETCHING PREVENTION) ORDINANCE, 1895,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed December 28, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/680.
