General amend- ments.
4. The words indicated in the following sub- sections are repealed and replaced by the words following the words "there shall be read” wherever they occur in all Ordinances now in force; and in all editions of the Laws of Hong- kong hereafter to be printed the sections of the Ordinances so affected are hereby authorised to be printed as so amended, and shall be con- strued and enforced accordingly.
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(i.) For Her Majesty" and "Queen" there shall be read "His Majesty" and "King" res- pectively, unless the context otherwise requires.
(ii) For "Surveyor General" there shall be read Director of Public Works".
(iii.) For "Colonial Surgeon" there shall be read “Principal Civil Medical Officer".
(iv.) For "Police Magistrate" there shall be
read Magistrate" and for "any Magistrate" or
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any Justice of the Peace" there shall he read
a Magistrate" and "a Justice of the Peace", as the case may be, unless the context otherwise requires.
(v.) For "o'clock in the morning” and “o'clock in the evening" and other words indicating that the hour referred to is between midnight and noon following, and between noon and midnight following, respectively, there shall be read follow- ing the hour specified, the letters "a.m." and p.n." respectively; and the words “the hours of" whenever they occur are repealed.
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(vi.) Where the words to declare" or 66 to affirm or "solemnly affirm are used in con- junction with " to swear and where the words declaration" or "affirmation Or solemn af- firmation" are used in conjunction with "oath" or "affidavit ", there shall be read, unless the con- text otherwise requires, the words of adjuration only.
(vii.) Where any officer or person specified in any section is subsequently referred to in the same section, for the words "the said" officer or per- son, and "such" officer or person, or other similar expressions, there shall be read such pronoun as the context may require.
(viii) For the words "Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies'
or other words referring to the said Secretary of State, there shall be read "Secretary of State", unless the context requires a special reference to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, when he shall be so described.
(ix.) For all words indicating that an offence is triable summarily before a Magistrate, or before two Magistrates, and that when an offence has been so tried and the offender has been convicted, the punishment specified may be inflicted, there shall be read either the words "on summary con- viction" or "on conviction before a Magistrate" (or "on conviction before two Magistrates ") us, having regard to the context, may be more con- venient, and the existing text may be amended accordingly.
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