No. 1.
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31
No.
1912
HONGKONG,
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
STANDING LAW COMMITTEE
on the
FULL COURT BILL, 1912.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,
June 6th, 1912.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Attorney General, (C. G. ALABASTER), Chairman.
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the Registrar General, (E. R. HALLIFAX).
Sir KAT HO KAI, M.B., C.M.G.
Mr. 1. E. POLLOCK, K.C.
Mr. MURRAY SIEWART.
The members of the Law Committee have considered, clause by clause, a Bill entitled an Ordinance to make provision for the reconstitution of the Full Court. The majority, consisting of the three unofficial members, concur in suggesting the amendments indicated in the print attached to this report. The two official members concur in the proposed amendments to clause 2 of the Bill, in the repeal of the preamble to Ordinance No. 3 of 1873 and in the proposed amendments to Ordinances No. 1 of 1903, No. 21 of 1903, No. 21 of 1910 and No. 31 of 1911; but they cannot without express authority from the Government concur in the other proposals of the majority. It should be noted that some of the proposed amendments to the schedule are introduced on the assumption that the Bill will not be passed until the Proclamation has been issued bringing into force the New Revised Edition of the Laws of the Colony.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Laid before the Legislative Council on the 6th day of June, 1912.
Chairman.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.