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No. 8.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [AD
(3.) the expression "the Imperial Parliament" and the word "Parliament" shall respectively mean the Parliament of the United Kingdom;
(4.) the expression "British possession" shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession;
(5.) the expression "British Colony" shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the British Islands and of India, and, where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one colony;
(6.) the expression "British India" shall mean all territories and places within Her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by Her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India;
(7.) the word "India" shall mean British India together with all territories of any native prince or chief under the suzerainty of Her Majesty exercised through the Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India;
(8.) the word "Governor," when used with respect to Canada and India, shall mean the Governor-General and include any person who for the time being has the powers of the Governor-General, and, when used with respect to any other British possession, shall include the officer for the time being administering the government of that possession; and
(9.) the expression "colonial legislature" and the word "legislature," when used with reference to a British possession, shall respectively mean the authority, other than the Imperial Parliament or Her Majesty in Council, competent to make laws for the British possession.
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16. In this Ordinance and in every Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, the word "statute" shall, unless a contrary intention appears, mean any Act of Parliament or Ordinance for the time being in force in this Colony, and shall include any Order of the Queen-in-Council, Order of the Governor-in-Council, regulation, or by-law having for the time being the force therein,