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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bill.
No. S. 41. The following bill, which it is proposed to introduce at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, is published for general information:--
C.S.O. 1 in 915/15.
[No. 3-31.1.29.-1.]
A BILL
Short title.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 6 of 1928, s. 4.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Watchmen Ordi-
nance, 1928.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Watchmen Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Section 4 of the Watchmen Ordinance, 1928, is amended as follows:-
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(a) The words "Naval, Military or Air"
are sub- stituted for the words Naval or Military in paragraph (b) thereof;
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(b) The words or by the Air Ministry are added after the word "Department in para- graph (c) thereof.
Objects and Reasons.
It is considered advisable that members of the Air Force and persons employed by the Air Ministry should be placed in the same category as members of the Naval and Military Forces and persons employed by the Admiralty and War Departments respectively.
5th January, 1929.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.