THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1939.
HONG KONG.
No. 33 of 1939.
I assent.
L.S.
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,
Gorernor.
2nd September, 1935.
An Ordinance for promoting the revision of the Ordinances
of Hong Kong.
2nd September, 1939.j
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 Law Revision Short title. Ordinance, 1939.
tion.
2. In this Ordinance and the Schedule thereto, including Interpreta- any additions, alterations or amendments made under the provisions of section 4, and any Tables annexed to the said Schedule-
(a) expressions similar to the following-
No. 1 of 1844"
indicate an Ordinance of the year referred to therein together with its serial number;
SS.
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"sub-s."
and
(b) the abbreviations "s.", sub-ss." indicate respectively the words "section", sections sub-section and sub-sections
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(c) the editor' means the person appointed by the Governor under Ordinance No. 51 of 1936 for the purpose of preparing the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition);
(d) "the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923" and "the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition)" have the same meanings respectively as in Ordinance No. 51 of 1936:
(e) the printing of any letters, words, figures, signs or marks between inverted commas shall be deemed to include all the letters, words, figures, signs or marks so printed, without the use of words describing the same.
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