THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 28, 1939.
HONG KONG.
No. 30 of 1939.
I assent.
L.S.
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE, Governor.
28th July, 1939.
An Ordinance to amend the Registration of Persons Ordin-
ance, 1939.
[28th July, 1939.]
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 Registration of Short title, Persons Amendment Ordinance, 1939.
2. Section 5 of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, Amendment 1939, is amended by the insertion of the words territory" after the word waters" in the third line.
of Ordinance or No. 12 of
1939, s. 5.
3. Section 6 of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, Amendment 1939, is amended by the substitution of the figures "1933" for the figures 1922" at the end thereof.
4. Section 8 of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1939, is amended by the addition of the following sub-section at the end thereof-
(3) It shall be the duty of every British subject, who has made and signed a return under sub-section (1) of this section and who thereafter either changes his ordinary residential or business address or is about to leave the Colony, to report the fact in person or in writing for registration at the Registration of Persons Office, Police Department, within one week before every such change of address or intended departure, as the case may be.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 27th day of July, 1939.
of Ordinance No. 12 of 1939, s. 6.
New sub- section (3) added to
Ordinance No. 12 of 1939, s. 8.
C. B. BURGESS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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