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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 10, 1911.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 29.
Order made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 18 of the Prison Ordinance, 1899, (Ordinance No. 4 of 1899), this 3rd day of February, 1911.
The following Regulation is hereby added to the Prison Regulations published in the Gazette on the 7th April, 1900, and on pages 199-261 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910, and shall be inserted after Regulation 267 thereof :--
"267a. Mohammedan prisoners convicted for the first time will be allowed to observe the fast of Ramadan and during the fast will be required to labour at such reduced task as the Medical Officer considers proper."
No. 30.
Order made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 70 of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, (Ordinance No. 2 of 1897), this 3rd day of February, 1911.
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Whereas by the seventieth section of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, it is enacted as follows:-
"The Governor-in-Council may, on being satisfied that the Legislature of any British Possession has made adequate provisions for the recognition in that l'ossession of probates and administrations granted by the Court, direct by Order that the provisions of Part VI of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, relating to Colonial Probates, shall, subject to any exceptions and modifi- cations specified in the Order, apply to that Possession, and thereupon, while the order is in force, those provisions shall apply accordingly.'
And whereas the Governor-in-Council is satisfied that the Legislatures of the British Possessions hereinafter mentioned have made adequate provision for the recognition in those Possessions of probates and letters of administration granted by the Supreme Court of this Colony.
Now, therefore, the Governor-in-Council doth hereby order and direct that the provi- sions of Part VI of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, shall apply to the Britisn Possessions hereunder mentioned in addition to those mentioned in the Order-in-Council published in the Gazette of 14th July, 1900, and on pages 176 and 177 of the Regulations of Hongkong,
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Bechuanaland Protectorate. Bermuda.
British Columbia.
Cape Colony.
Manitoba.
Negri Sembilan.
North West Territories.
Nova Scotia.
Ontario.
Orange River Colony.
Pabang.
Papua (British New Guinea).
Perak.
Prince Edward Island.
Selangor.
Southern Nigeria.
Southern Rhodesia.
Swaziland.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
3rd February, 1911.
Transvaal.
Uganda.
Western Australia.
Weihaiwei.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils.