MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1898
Title
MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1898
Description
ORDINGANCE NO. 1 OF 1898.
Misdemeanors Punishment
AN ORIDINANCE for the more effectual punishment of bribery
and certain other misdemeanors .
[28th February, 1898.]
be it enacted by the governor of hongkong , with the advice and
consent of the legislative council thereof , as follows:-
1 this orinance may person holding or discharging the
duties , whether permanently or temporarily , of any office or appoint-
ment in the civil service of the colony, and includes every member
of the police force:
' bribe ' includes any fee,perquisite , reward, or gratification ,
wether pecuniary or otherwise , not payable or receivable by law.
3. every public servant who accepts , or obtains , jor agree to accept,
or attempts to obtain , or causes or procures to be obtained ,from any per-
son , whether by himself or by any other person and whether for himself
or for any other person , any bribe, with a view to influence his conduct
as such public servant or to incline him to do or to omit to do any act
contrary to his duty as such puble servant or contrary to the rules of
honesty and integrity , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor , and , being con-
victed thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment , with or without hard
labour , for any term not exceeding two years , or to a fine not exceeidng
five hundred dollars , or to both.
4.every person who gives or offers , or causes ro procures to be given
or offered, to any public servant any bribe, for himself or for any other
person, with a view to influence his conduct as such publec servant or to
incline him to do or to omit to do nay act contrary to his duty as such
public servant or contrary to the rules fo honesty and integrity , shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor , and , being convicted thereof , shall be liable to
imprisonment , with or without hard labour , for any term not excceeding
two years , or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars , or to both.
5. where any person is convicted in the supreme court of conspiring
to cheat or defraud , or to extort money or goods , or falsely to accuse of
any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of public
justice, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour
for any term not exceeding three years, or to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or to both.
6.-(1) -where any person is convicted in the supreme court of a
misdemeanor at common law and no punishment is provided by any act
or ordinance for such offence, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or
without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both.
(2) where any person is convicted of an offence declared by any act
or ordinance to be a misdemeanor, and the punishment for such offence
is not specified, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard
labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or to both.
the
officer commanding her majesty's regular forces in this colony, or
unless he is an officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or
private of the army, navy,or marine forces, on duty, or a member of
the police force, on duty .
4. any person in charge of any ship , boat, junk, or other vessel
contravening the provisions of section 2, and any person contravening
A.D. 1898. Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, with Ordinance No. 14 of 1898 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. Offering of bribe to public servant. Conspiracy to cheat or defraud, etc. Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified.
Misdemeanors Punishment
AN ORIDINANCE for the more effectual punishment of bribery
and certain other misdemeanors .
[28th February, 1898.]
be it enacted by the governor of hongkong , with the advice and
consent of the legislative council thereof , as follows:-
1 this orinance may person holding or discharging the
duties , whether permanently or temporarily , of any office or appoint-
ment in the civil service of the colony, and includes every member
of the police force:
' bribe ' includes any fee,perquisite , reward, or gratification ,
wether pecuniary or otherwise , not payable or receivable by law.
3. every public servant who accepts , or obtains , jor agree to accept,
or attempts to obtain , or causes or procures to be obtained ,from any per-
son , whether by himself or by any other person and whether for himself
or for any other person , any bribe, with a view to influence his conduct
as such public servant or to incline him to do or to omit to do any act
contrary to his duty as such puble servant or contrary to the rules of
honesty and integrity , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor , and , being con-
victed thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment , with or without hard
labour , for any term not exceeding two years , or to a fine not exceeidng
five hundred dollars , or to both.
4.every person who gives or offers , or causes ro procures to be given
or offered, to any public servant any bribe, for himself or for any other
person, with a view to influence his conduct as such publec servant or to
incline him to do or to omit to do nay act contrary to his duty as such
public servant or contrary to the rules fo honesty and integrity , shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor , and , being convicted thereof , shall be liable to
imprisonment , with or without hard labour , for any term not excceeding
two years , or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars , or to both.
5. where any person is convicted in the supreme court of conspiring
to cheat or defraud , or to extort money or goods , or falsely to accuse of
any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of public
justice, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour
for any term not exceeding three years, or to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or to both.
6.-(1) -where any person is convicted in the supreme court of a
misdemeanor at common law and no punishment is provided by any act
or ordinance for such offence, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or
without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both.
(2) where any person is convicted of an offence declared by any act
or ordinance to be a misdemeanor, and the punishment for such offence
is not specified, he shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard
labour, for any term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or to both.
the
officer commanding her majesty's regular forces in this colony, or
unless he is an officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or
private of the army, navy,or marine forces, on duty, or a member of
the police force, on duty .
4. any person in charge of any ship , boat, junk, or other vessel
contravening the provisions of section 2, and any person contravening
A.D. 1898. Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, with Ordinance No. 14 of 1898 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. Offering of bribe to public servant. Conspiracy to cheat or defraud, etc. Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified.
Abstract
A.D. 1898. Ordinance No. 3 of 1898, with Ordinance No. 14 of 1898 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. Acceptance of bribe by public servant. Offering of bribe to public servant. Conspiracy to cheat or defraud, etc. Punishment of misdemeanor where punishment not otherwise specified.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/706
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1898
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“MISDEMEANORS PUNISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1898,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed November 19, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/706.
