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CS.O. 151/27.
A BILL
[No. 34-12.11.29.-2.]
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Arms and Am-
munition Ordinance, 1900.
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 Arms and Short title. Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Paragraph (a) of section 2 of the Arms and Am- Repeal of munition Ordinance, 1900, is repealed and the following Ordinance paragraph is substituted therefor;--
(a) Ammunition includes---
No. 2 of 1900, s. 2 (a), and substitu- tion of new
(7) every shell, cartridge case, bomb, paragraph. hand grenade, or projectile, whether con- taining any explosive or gas or chemical or not, and whether intended to be dis- charged from or by any gun or other propelling or releasing instrument OP mechanism or not, except hand grenades which can be used only for the purpose of extinguishing fires;
(i) every part of any such shell, cart- ridge case, bomb, hand grenade or pro- jectile, whether such shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade or projectile may have been completely formed at any time
or not:
(ii) every fuse, percussion cap, or priming cap, which could be used for the purpose of exploding any shell, bomb, hand grenade or other projectile:
(iv) every bullet or cartridge clip;
(v) an explosive when enclosed in any case or contrivance, or otherwise adapted or prepared so as to form a cartridge, charge, or complete round of small arms, cannon, or any other weapon, or to form any tube for firing explosives, or to form a detonator, a projectile, or other contri- vance than a firework, which can be used either singly or in suitable combinations, as, or in connection with, a missile;
(vi) everything which may be declared by regulation made by the Governor in Council to be ammunition,
3. Paragraph (b) of section 2 of the Arms and Ammu- nition Ordinance, 1900, is amended by the addition of the following sub-paragraph at the end thereof :--
(v) every gun, pistol, or other propelling or releasing instrument or mechanism, from or by which any shell, cartridge, homb, grenade, or projectile, containing any gas or chemical, could be discharged.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 2 of 1900, s. 2 (b).