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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 26, 1934.
No. 53.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council which appears in the London Gazette of the 17th of November, 1933, is published for general information.
26th January, 1934.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1933.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
LORD PRESIDENT.
EARL OF ATHLONE.
SECRETARY SIR JOHN SIMON.
SECRETARY SIR PHILIP CUNLIFFE-LISTER.
SIR BOYD MERRIMAN.
WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of Section 64 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), it is enacted amongst other things that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of Part II of the Act shall extend to any Colony:
And whereas by sub-section (2) of Section 64 of the Act it is enacted that the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, shall have effect as if the provisions of Part II of the Act were included among the enactments which, by virtue of Section 5 of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, may be extended by Order in Council to foreign countries in which for the time being His Majesty has jurisdiction:
And whereas by paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 64 of the Act it is enacted that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any provision of Part II of the Act which is expressed to apply only to British ships registered in the United Kingdom shall apply to British ships registered in any country or part of His Majesty's dominions to which the provisions of Part II of the Act can be extended by virtue of the foregoing provisions of the said Section: