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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 244.-The following Bill was read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 16th July, 1931 :-
C.S.O. 1 in 4299/29.
[No. 15-17.6,31.-1.]
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 3 of 1873, s. 13.
An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court
Ordinance, 1873.
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 Supreme Court Amendment Ordinance, 1931.
2. Section 13 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, is amended by the deletion of the word "two" in the second line and by the substitution therefor of the words " one or more
Objects and Reasons,
Section 13 of the principal Ordinance requires two Deputy Registrars for the Supreme Court. There is at present only one; the duties of accountant formerly performed by one of the Deputy Registrars being now undertaken by another officer. It is considered desir- able to continue the present arrangement and that the personnel of the Registry should be decided by the Governor according to the requirements of the time. This Ordinance amends section 13 of the principal Ordinance accordingly.
May, 1931.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.