BRITISH DOLLAR (PROHIBITION OF CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895
Title
BRITISH DOLLAR (PROHIBITION OF CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895
Description
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1895.
British Dollar (Prohibition of Chopping)
AN ORDINANCE to prohibit the Defacing or Chopping of
British Dollars.
[23rd August,1895.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hognkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the British Dollar (Prohibition of
Chopping) Ordinance,1895.
2.In this Ordinance 'British Dollar' means the dollar coined in
pursuance of Her Majesty's Order-in-Council (the British Dollar Order,
1895) dated the 2nd day of February ,1895,and published in The
Hognkong Government Gazette of the 30th day of March,1895, Govern-
ment Notification No. 128.
3.-(1.)It is hereby declared illegal to deface any British Dollar by
stamping thereon any name or word or mark or by cutting,punching,
or chopping such dollar inany way whatever.
(2.)No tender of payment of money made in this Colony in such
dollar or dollars so defaced shall be a legal tender.
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 19 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of defacing of British dollar, etc.
British Dollar (Prohibition of Chopping)
AN ORDINANCE to prohibit the Defacing or Chopping of
British Dollars.
[23rd August,1895.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hognkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the British Dollar (Prohibition of
Chopping) Ordinance,1895.
2.In this Ordinance 'British Dollar' means the dollar coined in
pursuance of Her Majesty's Order-in-Council (the British Dollar Order,
1895) dated the 2nd day of February ,1895,and published in The
Hognkong Government Gazette of the 30th day of March,1895, Govern-
ment Notification No. 128.
3.-(1.)It is hereby declared illegal to deface any British Dollar by
stamping thereon any name or word or mark or by cutting,punching,
or chopping such dollar inany way whatever.
(2.)No tender of payment of money made in this Colony in such
dollar or dollars so defaced shall be a legal tender.
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 19 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of defacing of British dollar, etc.
Abstract
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 19 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of term. Prohibition of defacing of British dollar, etc.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/686
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1895
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BRITISH DOLLAR (PROHIBITION OF CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 7, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/686.