THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 30, 1917.
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No. 125.--His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 9 of 1917.-An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance,
1901.
Ordinance No. 10 of 1917.-An Ordinance to protect certain Public Servants from Legal Proceedings in respect of certain Liabilities.
Ordinance No. 11 of 1917.--An Ordinance to amend further the Alien Enemies
(Winding up) Ordinance, 1914.
Ordinance No. 12 of 1917.--An Ordinance 'to amend further the Protection of
Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.
HONGKONG.
No. 9 of 1917.
I assent to this Ordinance.
F. H. MAY,
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Governor.
30th March, 1917.
An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance,
1901.
[30th March, 1917.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rating Ameud- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1917, and shall be read and construed as one with the Rating Ordinance, 1901, and the said Ordi- nance and this Ordinance may be cited together as the Rating Ordinances, 1901 and 1917.
2. Section 39 of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, is amended Amendment by the repeal of sub-section (4) thereof, as enacted by section 2 of the Rating Amendment Ordinance, 1915, and by the substitution therefor of the following
"(4.) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council "in his discretion to authorise the total or "partial exemption from assessment of any "educational institution, other than those "included in sub-section (2) of this section, or of any tenement used in connection there- with."
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of Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, s. 39.
Ordinance No 13 of 1915.
3. The Rating Amendment Ordinance, 1915, is repealed. Repeal of
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 29th day of March, 1917.
Ordinance No. 13 of 1915.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 30th
day of March, 1917.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
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