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(4.) Where entire Ordinances have expired, or have be- come spent, or have lost their effect, and ought to be repealed, or where it is considered [subject always to the authority of the Governor being obtained] advisable to repeal entire Ordinances, or a considerable part of any Ordinance, such repeals shall be embodied by the Editor in a special Ordinance for promoting the General Re- vision of the Law", to be submitted to the Legislative Council, in which the reason for each such repeal shall be succinctly stated [in a special preamble].
(5.) The Editor shall be at liberty to recast the marginal notes of the sections of all Ordinances included in the New Revised Edition where in his opinion it is necessary for greater clearness [and he shall introduce into the margin such references to the "Law Revision ", the « Law
Amendment" and the "General Revision
Ordinances
above referred to as he may consider advisable].
7.—(1.) The New Revised Edition shall be comprised Extent of in two Volumes, [and] which shall include all the Or- Revision. dinances in force down to the end of the year [1911] 1910, together with [all] such of the Ordinances passed in the year 1911 as, having regard to the exigencies of printing, can conveniently be included. [All] Such of the Or- dinances passed in [of] the year 1911, [which] as cannot be so conveniently included shall be collected and printed with the necessary references as an Appendix, to be included in the third Volume hereafter referred to; [which however but such Appendix shall for all purposes be considered to form part of the New Revised Edition.
(2.) The Editor shall prepare and issue as part of his undertaking:
(a.) a chronological table of all the Ordinances of the Colony, including those which have been repealed, or which were not included in the Revised Edition: provided that he may for such purpose adopt the Chronological Table prepared for the Revised Edition by Sir John Carrington;
(b) a full and complete iudex to the subject matter of all Ordinances contained in the New Revised Edition;
(c.) a collection of] references to Orders issued
by the Sovereign in His Privy Council relat ing to or affecting the Colony, in so far as it may be practicable;
(d.) such Tables of References to the aforesaid or other matters as he may consider necessary for perfecting the New Revised Edition of the Laws of Hongkong;
all which things, together with the Appendix of the Or- dinances passed
in 1911 above referred to, shall be included in a third Volume, and the three Volumes to- gether shall form one series entitled The Laws of Hongkong".
8.-(1.) Each Volume of the series before it is issued Approval of shail, by general order of the Governor in that behalf, be new Edition impressed on the title page thereof with the seal of the by proclama-- Colony.
(2.) On some convenient day. after the issue and pub- lication of the Second Volume, and after the passing of the Ordinances referred to in section 6 (4)], the New Revised Edition shall be laid before the Legislative Coun- cil for approval, and such approval, if given, shall be notified, by proclamation of the Governor.
And Whereas doubts have arisen by reason of the co- existence of Ordinances No. 16 of 1886 and No. 12 of 1900, as to the true version of the Ordinances passed up to the end of 1901, and whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts :
Be it further cuacted as follows
9.-(1) Ordinance No. 16 of 1886 (the Statute Law Revision Ordinance, [1887] 1886) is repealed.
tion.
(2.) A copy of all Ordinances passed after the coming Sealed copies into force of this Ordinance, certified under the hand of the of future Governor and the seal of the Colony shall, as soon as Ordinances conveniently may be after they have been passed by the to be depo. Legislative Council, be transmitted by the Clerk of [the] Registry of Councils to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, for re- Supreme cord; and such copies shall be deemed to be the originals Court.
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