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LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
No. S. 556.-The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 26th October, 1939 :
C.S.O. 4461/1911".
A BILL
[No. 39:-27.9.39.—1.]
Short title.
Amend- ments of Ordinance No. 1 of 1869, s. 5.
Amendment
of Ordin-
auce No.
1 of 1869, s. 6.
Amendment
of Ordin
ance No.
1 of 1869,
s. 7 (2).
Amendment
of Ordin-
ance No. 1 of 1869,
s. 8.
Substitution
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.
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 Promissory Oaths Amendment Ordinance, 1939.
2. Section 5 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869, is amended-
the
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(a) by the repeal of the words "oath of allegiance and
in the first line;
(b) by the insertion of the word first between the words his and acceptance in the third line.
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3. Section 6 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869, is amended by the insertion of the word first between the words his and "acceptance" in the third line.
4. Sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869, is amended by the addition of the following words after the word "" Governor at the end thereof-
or other person lawfully presiding".
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5. Section 8 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869, is amended by the addition of the following words after the word Governor at the end thereof-- or other person lawfully presiding ".
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6. The Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Ordinance is Schedule for repealed and the following Schedule is substituted therefor:
of new
the Schedule
to Ordin-
ance No. 1
of 1869.
SCHEDULE.
PART I.
Official Members of the Execu-
tive Council.
[s. 5.]
The Oaths to be tendered by the Governor or other officer lawfully presiding at that Council.