THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 17, 1933. 93

HONG KONG.

No. 3 OF 1933.

I assent.

W. PEEL,

L.S.

Governor.

17th February, 1933.

An Ordinance to amend further the Printers and Publishers

Ordinance, 1927.

[17th February, 1933.]

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 Printers and Pub- Short title. lishers Amendment Ordinance, 1933.

2. Section 2 of the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, Amendment 1927, is amended by the substitution of the following para- graph for paragraph (c) thereof :-

(c) "Newspaper" includes every periodical which is printed or published in the Colony at intervals not exceeding three months, and which contains any public news or any com- ments on public news.

of Ordin- ance No. 25 of 1927, s. 2.

ance No. 25

3. Section 4A of the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, Amendment 1927, as enacted by section 2 of the Printers and Publishers of Ordin- Amendment Ordinance, 1930, is amended by the substitution of 1927, of the following sub-section for sub-section (1) thereof :-

s. 4A, as enacted by Ordinance No. 1 of 1930, s. 2.

4A-(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (7), no Security. newspaper shall be registered until a sum of three thousand dollars has been deposited with the Registrar by or on behalf of the person seeking registration. Any such deposit while under the control of the Registrar shall bear interest at the like rate as shall for the time being be allowed by the Treasur- er in respect of sums deposited with him bearing interest.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 16th day of February, 1933.

R. A. C. North, Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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