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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bills.
No. S. 158. The following bills, which it is proposed to introduce into the Legislative Council shortly, are published for general information.
C.S.O. 2749/26.
[No. 7-19.6.26.-1.]
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, s. 2.
Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 22 of 1910. s. 3.
An Ordinance to amend the Midwives Ordi-
nance, 1910.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Midwives Amendment Ordinance, 1926.
2. Section 2 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, is amended as follows:
two hundred
fifty
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in the sixthi
(1) by the substitution of the words
and fifty
for the word line of sub-section (1) thereof:
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(2) by the substitution of the words "two hundred
and fifty
66 for the words one hundred in the fourth line of sub-section (2) thereof;
(3) by the repeal of the words "Provided that this section shall not apply to medical practi- tioners or to anyone rendering assistance in a case of emergency in sub-section (2) thereof; (1) by the insertion of the following sub-section, immediately after sub-section (2) thereof :-
(3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any Chinese woman who uses the title of wan p'o () only. ; and
(5) by the renumbering of sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) as sub-sections (4), (5) and (6) respectively.
3. Section 3 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, is amended as follows:-
(1) by the substitution of the word woman for
the word "person" in the first line thereof;
(2) by the substitution of the word "holds" for the word "produces" in the second line there- of; and
(3) by the insertion of the words "or under the Midwives Act, 1902" between the word "Dublin
or" in the sixth
and the word
line thereof.
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