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(2.) to insert in their proper place in the Ordinances amended all provisions of amending Ordinances as indicated in such Ordinances, as if the said amended Ordinances had been ordered to be printed as amended in such amending Or- dinances; and further, where all the amend- ments made by such amending Orduances are so inserted as aforesaid so that the object of such Ordinances has been effected, to treat the remainder of such Ordinances as exhausted, and to omit the same.
(2.) to correct typographical errors, and to revise the punctuation where is the opinion of the Elitor such revision is necessary ;
(fe.) to do all such things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the per- fecting of the New Revised Edition.
5. The numbering of the Ordinances contained in the Revised Edition, and of the sections of such Ordinances, shall be preserved, unless by special authority of the Governor a new numbering of the sectious of any Ordin- ance is considered advisable, when such new numbering shall be included in one of the Ordinances referred to in section 6 (4).
The numbering of the Ordinances passed since 1901, and of the sections of such Ordinances, shall in nowise be altered.
6.—(1.) All omissions and amendments in the language of the Ordinances comprised in the New Revised Edition. including those referred to in the preceding sections, which do not affect the matter and substance of the pro- visions thereof shall be collected by the Editor and sub- mitted to the Legislative Council in the form of one or more "Law Revision" and "Law Amendment " Or- dinances respectively; provided that where such omissions or amendments are sufficiently material, although they do not affect the spirit and meaning of the provisions amended, the authority of the Governor shall be first obtained.
(2) Where any omission or amendment is in the opi- nion of the Editor sufficiently important and does not come within the preceding sub-section, an Ordinance shall be submitted to the Legislative Council, and if such Ordin- ance is passed the authority to make such omissions and amendments shall be the coming into force of such Or- dinance.
(3.) The following omissions shall be held to be includ- ed in sub-section (1) :-
(a.) parts of Ordinances which have expired or have
become spent or have lost their effect;
(6.) repealing sections, and tables and lists of repealed enactments, in schedules or other- wise;
(e.) preambles, or parts of preambles, to Ordinan- ces which in the opinion of the Editor no longer serve any useful purpose;
(d.) introductory words of enactment in any part of an Ordinance, which in the opinion of the Editor are no longer required ;
(e.) sections prescribing the date when, or the method by which, any Ordinance, or any part of any Ordinance, is to come into force, where the omission in the opinion of the Editor can be conveniently made; provided that in all cases a note shall be inserted at the commence- ment of all Ordinances of the date of their commencement, and where any special method of bringing an Ordinance into operation has been prescribed, of the method and date by and at which the Ordinance has been brought into operation.
(4.) Where entire Ordinances have expired, or have be- come spent, or have lost their effect, or where it is con- sidered, subject always to the authority of the Governor being obtained, advisable to repeal entire Ordinances, or a considerable part of any Ordinance, such repeals shall