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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 1, 1941.
No. 907.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
1st August, 1941.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1941 No. 371
EVIDENCE
Territories Overseas
THE EVIDENCE AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY ORDER IN COUNCIL,
1941.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 1941.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
LORD PRESIDENT.
EARL MARSHAL.
VISCOUNT GALWAY.
LORD WOOLTON.
MR. DUFF COOPER.
SIR ARTHUR SALTER.
WHEREAS by sub-section (3) of section two of the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940(a), it is provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the foregoing provisions of that section shall extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the Order, to the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, any colony, any British protectorate, or any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty and is being exer- cised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom :
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the provisions of sub- sections (1) and (2) of section two of the said Act should, subject to the adaptation specified in this Order, extend to the territories mentioned in the Schedule to this Order:
NOW, THEREFORE, HIS MAJESTY, in pursuance of sub- section (3) of section two of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
(a) 3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 28. (Published as Government Notification No. 148 of the 7th February, 1941).
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