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Draft Bill.
No. S. 137.-The following Bill, which it is proposed to introduce into the Legislative Council shortly, is published for general information.
C.S.O. 3261/27.
[No. 10-13,6,27.—1.]
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
Power to
impose or alter duties,
etc., in the
manner set
An Ordinance to protect the revenue of the
Colony.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance, 1927.
2. If the Governor approves of the introduction into the Legislative Council of a bill or resolution whereby any duty, tax, fee, rate, or other item of revenue would be imposed or altered if such bill or forth in a bill resolution were to become law, it shall be lawful for the Governor to make an order giving the full force and effect of law to all the provisions of such bill or resolution so long as such order remains in force.
or resolution
approved for introduction into the Legislative Council.
Meaning of certain references.
Coming into force and duration of order.
3. If any such order is made, references in the bill or resolution in respect of which the order is made to the commencement or coming into operation of such bill or resolution shall, so long as such order remains in force, be construed as references to the time of coming into force of such order.
4.-(1) Every order made under this Ordinance shall come into force immediately upon the signing thereof by the Governor, unless some other time he specified in the order for the coming into force thereof, in which case the order shall come into force at the time so specified.
(2) Every such order shall expire and cease to be in
force-
(a) upon the notification in the Gazette of the rejection by the Legislative Council of the bill or resolution in respect of which the order was made, or
(b) upon the notification in the Gazette of the
withdrawal of the bill or resolution, or
(c) upon the bill or resolution. with or without modification, becoming law in the ordinary manner, or
(d) upon the expiration of four months from the day on which the order came into force. whichever event shall first happen.
(3) Where it is provided in this section that an order made under this Ordinance shall expire and cease to be in force upon the notification in the Gazette of any act, such order shall expire and cease to be in force on the day which purports to be the date of the Gazette in which the notification appears, and imme- diately before midnight on that day.
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