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8. The Theatres Regulation Ordinance, 1908, is Repeal of hereby repealed.
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Ordinance consolidates and amends the law relating to Places of Public Entertainment, as contained in The Theatres Regulation Ordinance, 1908, the new Ordinance being called "The Places of Public Entertain- ment Regulation Ordinance, 1919".
2. The principal amendments effected by this Ordi-
nance are :-
(1) To render public cinematograph displays
subject to permit in writing from the Captain Superintendent of Police who shall not give such permit unless and until the films and posters have been censored and passed in accordance with Regulations to be made under this Ordinance by the Governor in Council. (Clause 4). (Clause 6 (8)). (2.) To give statutory power to prescribe fees to be payable in respect of such censoring. (Clause 6 (9)).
(3.) The opportunity is also taken to fill up (see Clause 6 (10)) a lacuna in the power of mak- ing regulations given by section 6 of the Theatres Ordinance, 1908. That section makes no general reference to the prescribing of conditions of licences and permits. It seems obvious that this power should exist. Such a power is usual in Ordinances which give power to issue licences.
3. Clause 7, like Clause 7 of the Theatres Ordinance, 1908, contains an exemption in regard to Chinese public theatrical performances, which are dealt with under Ordinance 3 of 1888, and under the regulations made thereunder.
23rd June, 1919.
H. E. POLLOCK,
Attorney General,
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Rating (Special
War Rate) Ordinance, 1917.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Ordinance No. 18 of 1908.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rating (Special Short title. War Rate) Amendment Ordinance, 1919.
2. Section 3 of the Rating (Special War Rate) Amendment Ordinance, 1917, is hereby repealed and the following of period of new section is substituted therefor :-
duration of Special War
"3. The said special war rate shall begin to be Rate.
payable from the 1st July, 1917, and shall (New section continue to be payable thereafter for every 3 of No. 18 quarter up to and including the second of 1917.) quarter of the year 1919, and any special rate shall be recoverable by the Treasurer, at any time after it has become due, in the manner provided by the Rating Ordinance, 1901."
war
Objects and Reasons.
The object of this Bill is to amend the provisions of Ordinance No. 18 of 1917, which imposes a Special War Rate of 7 per cent. from the 1st July, 1917, until the end of the quarter during which the present war shall have come to an end, so as to make such Special War Rate payable only up to and including the Second