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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 5, 1937.
provisions of the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925 (in this Order referred to as "the Act') were applied to British Ships registered in Hong Kong (in this Order referred to as "the Colony") in like manner as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom but subject to the modifications and adaptations specified in the principal Order:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the principal Order should be amended in manner hereinafter appearing :
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. Article 1 of the principal Order is hereby amended as follows:
(1) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) shall be deleted; (2) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (4):
"(5) The provisions of section 1 of the Act shall apply to any River Steamer as defined by Section 2 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, of the Legislature of the Colony, but the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act shall not apply to any such steamer.
2. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Hong Kong) (Amendment) Order, 1936.
M. P. A. HANKEY.