C.S.O. 21 in 3084/31.
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A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 24-10.9.31.-2.]
An Ordinance to amend further the Arms and
Ammunition Ordinance, 1900.
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 Arms and Short title. Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1931,
2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the Commence- first day of January, 1932,
ment.
3. Section 3 of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, Amendment 190, as amended by section 7 of the Arms and Ammuui- of Ordinance tion Amendment Ordinance, 1929, is amended by the No. 2 of addition of the following sub-section at the end thereof, 1900,
Second
6. 3.
(3) The fee payable for such licence shall Ordinance Schedule. be that mentioned in the Second Schedule,
No. 32 of 1929.
4. Section 27 of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, Amendment 1900, is amended by the addition of the following words of Ordinance- after the words "First Schedule" at the end thereof :--
No. 2 of
or the Table of Fees in the Second Schedule".
1900, s. 27.
5. The Second Schedule to the Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1900, is amended
of Ordinance No. 2 of
(i) by the deletion of the figure "S. 10" in the 1900,
headline and by the substitution therefor of the Second figures "SS. 3 and 10".
Schedule..
(i) by the addition of the following paragraph at the
end thereof :-
3. Fee payable for a licence to carry and/or possess arms and ammunition
$10 per
annum
payable in advance.
Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance establishes a fee of $10 for the issue of Arms licences under section 3 of the principal Ordinance from the beginning of 1932. It has not been the practice hitherto to charge any fee, even under the Official Signa- tures Fees Ordinance, 1888, for such licences. Section 27 of the principal Ordinance is amended so as to enable the Governor in Council to revoke, alter or add to the Table of Fees in the Second Schedule. The Governor in Council fixes fees in the case of many other Ordinances. Com- pare No. 1 of 1873, s. 5; No. 8 of 1887, s. 3; No. 7 of 1906, s. 5; No. 40 of 1912, s. 3; No. 22 of 1919, s. 6; No. 15 of 1922, s. 15; No. 30 of 1923, s. 3; No. 21 of 1927, s. 3; and No. 11 of 1930, s. 4,
September, 1931.
C. G. ALABASTER, Attorney General.