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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 1915.
HONGKONG.
No. 3 OF 1915.
An Ordinance to amend the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1862 and 1914.
I assent to this Ordinance.
Short title.
Definition.
Penalty for act prohib- ited by pro- clamation.
LS
F. H. MAY, Governor.
[29th January, 1915.]
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 Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance, 1915, and shall be read and construed as one with the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1862 and 1914, and this Ordinance and the said Ordinances may be cited together as the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1862-1915.
2. In the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1862 and 1914:-
"Export" means to carry out of the Colony or to cause to be carried out of the Colony, and includes the carriage out of the Colony of things which were carried into the Colony water and which are, without transhipment into any other vessel, carried out of the Colony on the same vessel on which they were carried into the Colony.
3. Every person who shall export or attempt to export any thing or article in contravention of any proclamation made in whole or part under the Military Stores (Exporta- tion) Ordinance, 1862, as amended by the Military Stores (Exportation) Ordinance, 1914, or made in whole or part under the powers conferred by sub-clause 9 of Clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council of the 26th day of October, 1896, as amended by the Order of His Majesty in Council of the 28th day of August, 1914, . whether such proclamation may have been made before the commencement of this Ordinance or be made after such commencement, shall be deemed to be guilty of a mis- demeanour and shall be liable upon conviction either sum- marily or on indictment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months and to a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 28th day of January, 1915.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 29th day of January, 1915.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.