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Revised Edition of the Laws.
[1971 Ed.
Originally 53 of 1965.
47 of 1967.
18 of 1971.
72 of 1971.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Appointment of commissioner.
Power of commissioner to omit.
REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS ORDINANCE 1965.
To make provision for the preparation, publication and periodical
revision of a revised edition of the laws of the Colony.
[24th December, 1965.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "commissioner" means the person appointed under section 3; "effective date" means the date specified by the Governor under subsection (1) of section 11 for the coming into operation of the revised edition;
"Ordinance" means-
(a) any Ordinance enacted by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and any subsidiary legislation made under or by virtue thereof; and
(b) any Proclamation of the British Military Administration and any subsidiary legislation made under or by virtue thereof;
“revised edition" means the revised edition of the laws of Hong
Kong prepared under the authority of section 3;
"subsidiary legislation" means any proclamation, rule, regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, by-law or other instru- ment made under or by virtue of any Ordinance or Proclama- tion, as the case may be, and having legislative effect.
3. The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a commissioner who shall prepare a revised edition of the laws of Hong Kong.
4. (1) In the preparation of the revised edition, the com- missioner shall have power to omit-
(a) all Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, which have been expressly repealed or which have expired or have become spent or have had their effect;
(b) all repealing provisions contained in Ordinances and all tables and lists of repealed Ordinances, whether con- tained in Schedules or otherwise;
(c) all preambles to Ordinances, where such omission can, in the opinion of the commissioner, conveniently be made; (d) all provisions prescribing the date when an Ordinance or part of an Ordinance is to come into operation, where