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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 21, 1938.
No. 826.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
21st October, 1938.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1938 No. 781
MERCHANT SHIPPING
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING LOAD LINE CONVENTION (HONG KONG) No. 1 ORDER, 1938.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1938.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
Lord President:
Lord Romer.
Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare. Mr. Secretary Colville.
Sir Hugh O'Neill.
Whereas by subsection (1) of Section 64 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932(a) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act') it is provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of Part II of the Act, including any enactments for the time being in force amending or substituted for the said provisions, may extend, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications (if any) as may be specified in the Order, to the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands and any colony:
And whereas by virtue of an Order in Council dated the tenth day of November, nineteen hundred and thirty-two(b), made in pursuance of Section 67 of the Act, Part II of the Act came into operation in the United Kingdom on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-three:
'Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Him by the said subsection (1) of Section 64, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to direct and it is hereby directed as follows:
1. The provisions of Part II of the Act (other than those of Sections 42, 52 (2), 55, 61 (1) (2) and (3), 62, 63, 64, 65 and 67) adapted and modified as set out in the schedule hereto shall extend to the Colony of Hong Kong.
2. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Load Line Convention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order, 1938, and shall come into force on the first day of September, 1938.
E. C. E. Leadbitter.
(a) 22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 9.
(b) S.R. & O. 1932 (No. 917) p. 929.