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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1914.
HONGKONG.
No. 14 OF 1914.
An Ordinance to amend the Stamp Ordinance,
1901.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
[8th May, 1914.]
Short title.
Provisions as
to duty upon receipts.
of. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 39
s. 101 (2).
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stamp Ordinance, 1914, and shall be read and construed as one with the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, (hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance) and this Ordinance and the said Ordinance may be cited together as the Stamp Ordinances, 1901 and 1914.
2. The duty upon a receipt may be denoted by an adhesive stamp, which shall be cancelled by the person by whom the receipt is given before he delivers it out of his hands.
&
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of May, 1914.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 8th day of May, 1914,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 178.-His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of dis- allowance with respect to the following Ordinance :—
Ordinance No. 5 of 1914.-An Ordinance to provide for the regulation of the burning of Human Remains and to enable Crematoria to be established.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
5th May, 1914.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.