THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
and any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Ordinance had not been passed.
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11. In this Ordinance, and in every other Ordinance Official whether passed before or after the commencement of this definitions in Ordinance, the following expressions shall, unless the con- past and trary intention appears, have the meanings hereby respect- Ordinances, ively assigned to them, namely,-
(1.) The expression "Secretary of State" shall mean one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the time being;
(2.) The expression "the Admiralty" shall mean the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time being, or the Commissioners for the time being executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom;
(3.) The expression "the Privy Council" shall mean the Lords and others for the time being of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council;
(4.) The expression "the Board of Trade" shall mean the Lords of the Committee for the time being of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign plantations; and (5.) The expression "consular officer" shall include consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent, and any person for the time being authorized to discharge the duties of consul-general, consul, or vice-consul.
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12. In this Ordinance, and in every other Ordinance Judicial whether passed before or after the commencement of this definitions in Ordinance, the following expressions shall, unless the con- past and trary intention appears, have the meanings hereby respect- Ordinances.
future ively assigned to them, namely,--
(1.) The expression "High Court," when used with
reference to England or Ireland, shall mean Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in England or Ireland, as the case may be ;
(2.) The expression "Court of Assize" shall, as respects England, Wales, and Ireland, mean a court of assize, a court of oyer and terminer, and a court of gaol deliv- ery, or any of them, and shall, as respects England and Wales, include the Central Criminal Court; and (3.) The expression, "The Supreme Court" shall mean
the Supreme Court of Hongkong.
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13. (1.) In every Ordinance passed after the commen. Meaning of cement of this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention ap-
"rules of pears, the expression "rules of court," when used in court" in lation to any court, shall mean rules made by the authority Ordinances.
future having for the time being power to make rules or orders regulating the practice and procedure of such court.
(2.) The power of the said authority to make rules of court as above defined shall include a power to make rules of court for the purpose of any Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, and directing or author- izing anything to be done by rules of court.
14. In this Ordinance, and in every Ordinance passed Geographical after the commencement of this Ordinance, the following and colonial words and expressions shall, unless the contrary intention definitions in appears, have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to Ordinances. them, namely,-
(1.) The expression "the United Kingdom" shall mean
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; (2.) The expression "British Islands" shall mean the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man;
(3.) The expression "the Imperial Parliament" and the word "Parliament" shall respectively mean the Par- liament of the United Kingdom;
(4.) The expression "British possession" shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession; (5.) The expression "British Colony" shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the British Islands and of British India, and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local
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