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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1940.
Supplementary Schedule,--contd.
SHORT TITLE.
AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
13. The Boarding
house Ordinance,
1917.
(No. 23 of 1917),
-contd.
14. The
Ferries Ordinance. 1917. (No. 28 of 1917.)
15. The
(War
Contracts
Restric- tions) Ordinance, 1917.
(No. 31 of 1917.)
16. The
Fire and
Marine Insur- ance Companies Deposit Ordin- ance, 1917.
(No. 32 of 1917.)
(2) Sections 1 to 8 are renumbered as 5 to 9
and the following is inserted as section 4-
4. No person shall open or keep any Prohibition place as a boarding-house except under of keeping and in accordance with a licence issued boarding- under this Ordinance.
(3) Section 9 as renumbered and as amended by Ordinance No. 36 of 181-the follow- ing is substituted—
house without licence.
9. Nothing in this Ordinance shall Savings. limit the operation of any other enactment relating to boarding-houses.'
(1) Section 2 as amended by Ordinance No. 52
of 1935-
(1) sub-section (2)-the words has at any time been are substituted for shall have been" in the first line and "proves"
shall prove
in the seventh line;
for
(ii) sub-section (3)—the word “contained" in the first line is repealed.
(2) Section 5 as amended by Ordinance No.
52 of 1935-
(1) paragraph (6)—the word
the end is repealed;
and at
(ii) paragraph (6A) is renumbered as (7) and the word and is added;
(ii) the existing paragraph (7) is renum- bered as (8).
(1) The title is amended by the repeal of the words the present" in the last line.
(2) Section 2-the following is substituted----
as to the
effect on certain contracts
of certain restrictions due to war.
5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 8. 5 & 6 Geo. 5,
c. 37.
2. It is hereby declared that where Declaration the fulfilment by any person of any con- tract to be performed within the Colony is interfered with by the necessity on the part of himself or any other person of complying with any requirement, regula- tion or restriction of the Admiralty, the Army Council. a Minister of Munitions, a Food Controller or any other department or minister of the Imperial Government under any Act relating to Imperial or colonial defence, or any regulation made thereunder, or with any regulation under any Order of His Majesty in Council for the security in time of emergency of any part of His Majesty's dominions, that necessity is a good defence to any action or proceedings within the Colony against that person in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract so far as it is due to that interference.”
(1) Section 4. sub-section (1)--the word "has" is substituted for 'shall have in the Jast line:
(2) Section 3 as amended by Ordinance No. 14
of 1980--