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(.) to insert in their proper place in the Ordinances amended all provisions of amending Ordinances as indicated in such Ordinances, as if the said amended Ordinances had been ordered to be printed as amended in such amending Or- dinances; and further, where all the amend- ments made by such amending Ordinances are so inserted as aforesaid so that the object of such Ordinances has been effected, to treat the remainder of such Ordinances as exhausted, and to omit the same;
(ii) to make minor, grammatical and typographical amendments, and to revise the punctuation where in the opinion of the Editor such revi- sion is necessary ;
(ie.) to substitute :-
(a.) figures for words,
(6.) the serial number in references to Ordin-
ances instead of the short titles,
where in the opinion of the Editor such sub- stitutions are convenient;
(.) to adopt a convenient, standard form for the definition sections in all Ordinances; and
(v.) to do all such things relating to form and
method which may be necessary for the per- fecting of the New Revised Edition.
5. The numbering of the Ordinances contained in the Numbering Revised Edition, and of the sections of such Ordinances, of Ordin- shall be preserved, unless by special authority of the ances in Governor a new numbering of the sections of any Ordin- New Edition. ance is considered advisable, in which case such new num- bering shall be included in the special Ordinance referred to in section 6 (4).
The numbering of the Ordinances passed since 1901 shall in nowise be altered.
Editor for
6.--(1.) All omissions and amendments in the Ordin- Ordinances ances comprised in the New Revised Edition, other than to be pre- those referred to in the preceding sections, shall be col- pared by lected by the Editor and submitted to the Legislative the purposes Council in the form of one or more Law Revision" and of revision. "Law Amendmeut" Ordinances respectively,
(2.) Where any omission or amendment is in the opi- nion of the Editor sufficiently important a special amending Ordinance shall be submitted to the Legislative Council, and if such Ordinance is passed the authority to make such omissions and amendments shall be the coming into force of such Ordinance.
(3.) The following omissions shall be held to be includ- ed in sub-section (1) :-
(a.) parts of Ordinances which have expired or have
become spent or have lost their effect;
(b) repealing sections, and tables aud lists of repealed enactments, in schedules or other- wise :
(c.) preambles, or parts of preambles, to Ordinan- ces which in the opinion of the Editor no longer serve any useful purpose;
(d.) introductory words of enactment in any part of an Ordinance, which in the opinion of the Editor are no longer required;
(e.) sectious prescribing the date when, or the method by which, any Ordinance, or any part of any Ordinance, is to come into force, where the omission in the opinion of the Editor can be conveniently unde; provided that in all cases a note shall be inserted at the commence- ment of all Ordinances of the date of their commencement, and where any special method of bringing an Ordinance into operation has been prescribed, of the method and date by and at which the Ordinance has been brought into operation.