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A BILL

[No. 9:-3.3.39.-1.]

Short title.

Annual defence contribu- tion of

$6,000,00€ for five years.

Considera-

tion for

such annual payment.

Contribu- tions not to exceed cost of Imperial garrison for relative year.

Repeals.

Ordinances

No. 1 of 1901, No. 43 1935, No. 15

of 1908,

s. 5, proviso,

No. 41 of 1912, s. 9 (8), No. 12 of 1916, s.

14, No. 15

of 1933, s. 13, No. 11

of 1934,

s. 13.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to make provision for the Colony's yearly

contributions to His Majesty's Government for defence.

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 Defence Con- tribution Ordinance, 1939.

2.--(1) Subject to the provisions of section 4, the sum of $6,000,000 shall be paid yearly to His Majesty's Govern- ment in the United Kingdom in respect of each of the years 1939 to 1943 inclusive as the Colony's contribution to the expenditure of the said Government on the defence of the Colony in these years.

(2) The said contribution shall be paid in equal monthly instalments, on or about the last day of every month in each year, into the United Kingdom Treasury Chest in the Colony account of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.

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3. The annual payments shall be deemed to be a fixed contribution payable by the Colony in full return for the annual cost of the Imperial garrison, including all capital expenditure required for military lands and buildings, and the cost of maintenance of all military works and buildings, and the cost of lodgings in lieu of barracks and all other charges whatsoever.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 2, the sum payable in respect of each year shall not exceed the actual cost of the said garrison for that year.

5. The following enactments are repealed except in so far as they may affect any contribution outstanding in respect of the year 1938 :—

The Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901, and the Defence Contribution Amendment Ordinance, 1935, the proviso to section 5 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, section 9 (8) of the Boycott Prevention Ordinance, 1912, section 14 of the War Loan Ordinance, 1916, section 13 of the Public Works Loan Redemption Ordinance, 1933, and section 13 of the Hong Kong Dollar Loan Ordinance, 1934.

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