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614 THE HONGKONG GOVT.
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Certain Or- dinances not to apply to the new territory.
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Meaning of expressions such as "the
Colony" in existing grants and contracts.
have been
the Governor. consent of th
TTE, EXTRAORDINARY, 18TH APRIL, 1899.
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Governor by pursuance of teentliday of April, 1899, and the said laws and Ordi- mances accordingly then so took effect and are now in force:
And whereas it is expedient to exempt the said territories from the operation of certain of the said Ordinances or parts thereof and to prevent doubts as to the effect of the exten- sion of the Colony upon existing grants and contracts:
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the Hongkong Extension Exemption Ordinance, 1899.
2. In this Ordinance the expression "New Territories" means the additional territories acquired under the Conven- tion of the 9th day of June, 1898, which is in the preamble to this Ordinance referred to.
3. The Ordinances specified'in the Schedule to this Or- dinance shall, to the extent set forth in the third column of such Schedule, respectively, not apply to the new territories unless and until the Governor shall by Order-in-Council notified in the Gazette otherwise direct. Any Rules, Regu- lations, Bye-laws, Orders-in-Council, Notifications or Pro- clamations made under any Ordinances or parts of Ordi- nances, which do not for the time being apply to the new territories, shall not apply to the new territories, unless and until the Governor shall by Order-in-Council notified in the Gazette otherwise direct.
4. Where, in any existing grant of any right or privilege or farm or in any existing contract, the expression "the Colony" or the word “
Hongkong" or any similar expres- sion referring to geographical limit or extent in relation to the Colony of Hongkong occurs the same shall apply only to the territory which was within the limits of the Colony at the time when such grant or contract was made. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th day of April, 1899.
J. G. T. BucKLE, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 18th day of April, 1899.
J. I STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
SCHEDULE.
Nuniber of Ordinance and year.
No. 17 of 1887.
No. 21 of 1887.
No. 22 of 1887. No. 24 of 1887.
No. 15 of 1889. No. 4 of 1890.
No. 12 of 1890.
No. 23 of 1890.
No. 26 of 1890.
No. 12 of 1891.
No. 21 of 1891.
No. 22 of 1891.
No. 25 of 1891.
No. 4 of 1894.
No. 12 of 1894.
Title or Short Title,
Extent of non- application.
The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter. The whole. houses, and Markets Ordinance,
1887.
The Licensing Consolidation Or- The whole. dinance, 1887.
The Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887. The whole. The Public Health Ordinance, The whole. 1887.
The Buildings Ordinance, 1889. An Ordinance to amend The Public Health Ordinance. 1887.
The whole.
The whole.
An Ordinance to amend The The whole.
Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-houses
and Markets Ordinance, 1887.
The whole ex-
An Ordinance to amend The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-houses cept Sections and Markets Ordinance, 1887. 4 and 5.
The whole.
An Ordinance to amend The Public Health Ordinance, 1887.
An Ordinance to further amend The whole. The Public Health Ordinance, 1887.
The Prepared Opium Ordinance, The whole. 1891.
The Raw Opium Amendment The whole. Ordinance, 1891,
The Building Amendment Ordi- The whole. nance, 1891,
An Ordinance to amend The The whole. Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.
An Ordinance to amend The The whole. Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-houses
and Markets Ordinance, 1887.
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