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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 359.-The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 9th December, 1920:-
Short title and con- struction.
Ordinance
No. 3 of 1920.
Modifica-
tions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as
amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amend-
ment) Order, -1920.
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to modify certain provisions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, for the purpose of adapting the pro- visions of the Order to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong.
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 as the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, Ordinance, 1920, and shall be construed as one with the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, Ordinance, 1920, and the said Ordinance and this Ordinance may be cited together as the Treaty of Peace (Germany) Order Ordinances, 1920.
2. For the purpose of adapting the provisions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong, the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as so amended, shall be read and construed as if the substitutions set forth in the schedule hereto had been made in the said Order, as so amended.
SCHEDULE.
[s. 2.]
Substitutions to be made in reading and construing the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amend- ment) Order, 1920, for the purpose of adapting to the eircumstances of the Colony of Hongkong the provisions of the Order, as so amended.
Serial No.
Article of Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as amended by Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920.
Words of Order.
Substituted words.
1.
1 (x).
President of the Board
of Trade,
Governor,
2.
I (xvi) Proviso.
Board of Trade
Governor
3.
1 (xvii) (a).
Board of Trade..
4.
I (xvii) (aa).
one hundred pounds,
5.
1 (xvii) (aa).
the High Court or a judge thereof, or the County Court, or in Scotland, the Court of Session or the sheriff court.
Governor,
one thousand dollars,
the Supreme Court or
a judge thereof,
6.
1-(xvii) (cc),
Board of Trade,
Governor,