LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 10.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 12th January, 1911:-
Short title
and Con-
struction.
Repeals scc- tion 14 of the Lepers Ordinance. 1910, and substitutes a new section.
Prohibition of leper im- migration.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Lepers Ordinance,
1910.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Lepers Ordin- auce Amendment Ordinauce, 1911, and shall be read and construed as one with The Lepers Ordinance, 1910.
2. Section 14 of the Lepers Ordinance, 1910, is hereby repealed and the following is substitute for and shall be
read in lieu thereof :-
14-(1.) No person, not being a subject of His Majesty, suffering from leprosy may enter this Colony, and every person so doing may be banished in the manner hereinafter provided. (2.) The Governor-in-Council may, by order, pro- hibit any leper not being a subject of His Majesty who may enter the Colony in contra- vention of the last preceding sub-section from residing or being within the Colony for such period as the Governor-in-Council may think fit, and may by the same or any subsequent order, fix the time for the departure of such leper from the Colony.
The leper named in such order shall be arrested and detained in custody by the Police until he leaves the Colony or until the final departure from the Colony of any vessel in which he leaves."
Memorandum.
This Bill amends the Lepers Ordinance, 1910, (No. 24 of 1910), and modifies the power given to the Governor-in- Council to order the banishment of alien lepers.
It prohibits the entry into the Colony of persons, not being subjects of His Majesty, suffering from leprosy aud authorises the Governor-in-Conneil to banish such persons,
W. REES DAVIES,
Attorney General.
Short vinde and cont stretion.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend The Defences (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance, 1895, and to control balloonists and others who have special oppor- tunities for obtaining information respecting the defences of the Colony.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Commeil thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Defences (Sketching Prevention) Amendment Ordinance, 1910", and shall be read and construed as one with The Defences (Sketching Prevention) Ordinauce, 1895, hereinafter called
· The Principal Ordinauce ”.