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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 12, 1916.
No. 197. The following Order of His Majesty in Council of the 21st March, 1916, is published for general information.
The Order in Council has been applied to Hongkong by Proclamation No. 16 of His Excellency the Governor which is printed on pages 246 and 247 of this issue of the Gazette.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 1916.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
LORD PRESIDENT
VISCOUNT KNOLLYS
LORD CHAMBERLAIN
MR. SECRETARY BONAR LAW
MR. W. M. HUGHES.
HEREAS by an Order in Council, dated the 26th day of October, 1896, (herein- after referred to as the Principal Order), Her Majesty Queen Victoria was pleased to make provision for the security of the Colonies mentioned in the Schedule to that Order in times of emergency :
And whereas the Principal Order was, by Orders in Council dated the 14th day of October, 1913, and the 20th day of August, 1914, amended by the insertion in the Schedule thereto of certain other Colonies :
And whereas it is expedient to amend the Principal Order in manner herein-after appearing :
Now, Therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order shall be construed and read as one with the Principal Order, and shall apply to and have effect in all or any of the Colonies specified in the Schedule to the Principal Order, or added thereto by the Orders in Council dated the 14th day of October, 1913, and the 20th day of August, 1914, or by any future Order in Council, and shall come into operation in each such Colony on the Principal Order being pro- claimed therein by the Governor, and shall continue in operation therein until the Governor shall by Proclamation declare that the Principal Order shall cease to be in operation therein.
2. In this Order the words "The Colony" mean any Colony specified in the Schedule to the Principal Order, or added thereto by the Orders in Council dated the 14th day of October, 1913, and the 20th day of August, 1914, or by any future Order in Council, and its Dependencies, and the termi Governor means the person for the time being administering the Government of the Colony.
3. So long as the Principal Order shall be in operation in any Colony, for sub-clause 1 of Clause III. of the Principal Order the following provisions shall be substituted :-
III.-1 (A). The Governor may make Regulations for securing the public safety and the defence of the Colony, and as to the powers and duties for that purpose of the Governor and the Officers of any of His Majesty's naval or military forces, and other persons acting in their behalf, and in particular may by such Regulaitons make pro- vision with regard to all matters coming within the classes of subjects herein-after enumerated, that is to say :-
1. Censorship, and the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications and means of communication;
II. Arrest, detention, exclusion, and deportation;
III. Control of the harbours, ports, and territorial waters of the Colony, and
the movements of vessels;
JV. Transportation by land, air, or water, and the control of the transport of
persons and things;