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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 19, 1912.
No. 4 of 1889.
(i.) ss. 2, 3 and 4 of No. 2 of 1908 shall be read as one section, to be numbered s. 23a, of No. 2 of 1889, of which s. 2 (1) of No. 2 of 1908 shall be sub-s. (1), and s. 2 (2) shall be sub-s. (2), and s. 3 shall be sub-s. (3), in which the words "In this section "shall be substituted for "In this Ordinance", and the definition of "British possession" is repealed; and s. 4 shall be sub-s. (4), in which for "this Ordinance' twice there shall be read "this section ".
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(ii.) And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of s. 23 of No. 2 of 1889 relating to the domipions should be uniform with those of s. 23a aforesaid :----
in s. 23 of No 2 of 1889, instead of "other British Colony" or "British Colony" wherever they occur, there shall be read British possession";
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and in s. 26 (2) of No. 2 of 1889, instead of any country, colony, or depend- ency in Her Majesty's dominions" there shall be read " any British possession".
(in.) And whereas the law relating to dying depositions stands in need of being made clearer the following amendments are made in s. 32 of No. 2 of 1889 :—
(a.) the preamble shall read as follows:-
"Whereas it may happen that a
person so dangerously ill that he is not likely to recover and is unable to travel may be able to give material and important information relating to an in- dictable offence or to a person accused thereof, and it is de- sirable in the interests of truth and justice, that means should be provided for perpetuating such testimony and for render- ing the same available in cases of necessity:-
(b.) in the section after the words "from such illness" there shall be inserted 66 and is unable to travel" ;
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(c.) the words from " and it is not practi-
cable to " and 30 " are repealed; (d.) for "present at the taking" there shall be read assisting at the taking";
(c.) for the words from "to the proper officer" to "who is hereby" there shall be read "to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and in all other cases to the Magistrate's Clerk, who are respectively";
(f) the word "deceased" at the end is
repealed.
35. In order to incorporate No. 17 of 1909 with No. 4 of 1889 (Stonecutters Island) :-
ss. 3, 4, and 5 of No. 17 of 1909, shall form one section, numbered s. 5, of
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