THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 27, 1937.
2.-(1) In this Order and its schedules, unless the context otherwise requires--
"Colony" means and includes for the purposes of this Order any of the colonies, protectorates or mandated territories mentioned in the second schedule hereto;
"the Convention" means the Convention for determin- ing by a common agreement certain uniform rules with respect to international air navigation signed on behalf of His Majesty in Paris on the thirteenth day of October, 1919;
"Governor' means the officer for the time being administering the Government of the Colony;
"the principal Act" means the Air Navigation Act, 1920;
"the Acts" means the principal Act and the Air Navigation Act, 1936.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The provisions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 14, 17, and 18 of the principal Act and of Sections 4, 5, 13, 14, 30 and 34 of the Air Navigation Act, 1936, adapted and modified as set out in the first schedule hereto, shall be and hereby are extended to the colonies mentioned in the second schedule hereto.
4. The Air Navigation (Colonies and Protectorates) Order in Council, 1922, (a) and the Air Navigation (Mandated Territories) Order in Council, 1927, are hereby revoked.
M. P. A. HANKEY.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
THE AIR NAVIGATION ACT, 1920.
1. Section 1.-His Majesty may make such Orders in Council as appear to Him necessary or expedient for carrying out the Convention and for giving effect thereto or to any of the provisions thereof, or to any amendment which may be made under article thirty-four thereof.
2. Section 2.-His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the provisions of the Convention for the time being in force, or any of them, and whether or not those provisions are limited to aircraft of any special description, or engaged in any special kind of navigation, shall apply to or in relation to any aircraft in or over the Colony or the territorial waters adjacent thereto.
3. Section 3.--Without prejudice to the generality of the powers hereinbefore conferred, an Order in Council under Part I of the principal Act may make provision--
(a) 1922 S. R. & 0. No. 121: G. N. 169 of 1922.
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