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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1888.
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BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF LAI KIT otherwise LAI CHEUK.--The Attorney General moved the second reading of this Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and passed.
Bill read a second time.
The Council then went into Committee on the Bill.
Bill reported with amendments.
ADJOURNMENT.--The Council then adjourned to Friday, the 3rd proximo, at 4 P.M.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX,
Governor.
Read and confirmed, this 3rd day of February, 1888.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 42.
His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 1 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for making compulsory the practice of Infant Vaccination in the Colony of Hongkong.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
No. 1 OF 1888.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, for making compulsory the practice of Infant Vaccination in the Colony of Hongkong.
LS
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
[4th February, 1888.]
HEREAS it is expedient to make compulsory the
Wactice of infant reccination within this Colony, 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 Vaccination Ordinance, 1888.
2. In this Ordinance and in any Rules and Regulations made thereunder the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereinafter set against them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the
context:-
Parent. The father of any child, or in the event of the death, illness, or inability of the father, then the mother.
Guardian.The person who shall, for the time being,
have the care, nurture, or custody of any child. Medical Practitioner.-Any surgeon, physician, or medical practitioner registered as such under Ordinance No. 6 of 1886.
Public Vaccinator.-Any person authorized and ap- pointed by the Governor under the provisions of this Ordinance for the special purpose of vacci- nating persons.
Child.-Any person under fourteen years of age. Resident within the Colony-Person who has been living in the Colony for a period of more than 6 months.