FOREIGN JURISDICTION (EXPENSES) ORDINANCE, 1889
Title
FOREIGN JURISDICTION (EXPENSES) ORDINANCE, 1889
Description
No. 8 of 1889.
To provide for expenses in relaion to persons who have been
convicted or acquitted on the ground of insanity before
Courts under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.
[3rd Dec., 1889.]
1. The Foreign Jurisdiction (Expenses) 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 His Majesty's Dominions, and such person has been tried and
either convicted or acquitted on the ground of insanity before any
Court, Judge, magistrate , or officer acting or exercising jurisdic-
tion within or ln relation to any such country or place over such
person by virtue of the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts of the Imperial
Parliament or any Order of His Maiesty in Council made in pur-
suance, 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 aforesaid, shall, except
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
by and paid out of the Treasury : Provided always that no such
payment shall be made until a certificate of 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 exercis-
ing jurisdiction in the country or place where the criminal lunatic
was tried, 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.
Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of insanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. [53 & 54 Vict.c. 37.]
To provide for expenses in relaion to persons who have been
convicted or acquitted on the ground of insanity before
Courts under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.
[3rd Dec., 1889.]
1. The Foreign Jurisdiction (Expenses) 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 His Majesty's Dominions, and such person has been tried and
either convicted or acquitted on the ground of insanity before any
Court, Judge, magistrate , or officer acting or exercising jurisdic-
tion within or ln relation to any such country or place over such
person by virtue of the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts of the Imperial
Parliament or any Order of His Maiesty in Council made in pur-
suance, 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 aforesaid, shall, except
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
by and paid out of the Treasury : Provided always that no such
payment shall be made until a certificate of 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 exercis-
ing jurisdiction in the country or place where the criminal lunatic
was tried, 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.
Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of insanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. [53 & 54 Vict.c. 37.]
Abstract
Short title. Payment of expenses of trial, etc., of native, etc., of the Colony convicted or acquitted on ground of insanity of offence under Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. [53 & 54 Vict.c. 37.]
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/848
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 8 of 1889
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“FOREIGN JURISDICTION (EXPENSES) ORDINANCE, 1889,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 23, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/848.
