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No. 3.1 THE ORDINANCES OF HONG KONG: [A.D. 1886.
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1886.
A.D. 1886. AN ORDINANCE to amend the Law relating to Sales of Reversions.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1880.
Short title.
Interpretation of term. 31 Vict. c. 4 s. 2.
No bonâ fide purchase of reversion to be set aside for undervalue merely.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
[10th March, 1886.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sales of Reversions Ordinance, 1886.
2. In this Ordinance the word “Purchase” includes every kind of contract, conveyance, or assignment under or by which any beneficial interest in any kind of property may be acquired.
3. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, no purchase made bonâ fide and without fraud or unfair dealing, of any reversionary interest in property of any kind within this Colony shall be opened or set aside merely on the ground of undervalue.
7h. s. 1.
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1886.
A.D. 1886. AN ORDINANCE to regulate the Printing of Newspapers and Books and the Keeping of Printing Presses.
Ordinance No. 6 of 1886 with Ordinance No. 4 of 1891 incorporated.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms. 44 & 45 Vict. c. 60 s. 1.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
[12th July, 1886.]
Preliminary Provisions.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1886.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-
The "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court or either of the Deputy Registrars thereof for the time being:
"Newspaper" means any paper containing public news, intelligence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon, printed for sale and published in the Colony, periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days between the publication of any two such papers, parts, or numbers; also any paper, printed in order to be distributed and made public weekly or oftener or at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days, containing only or principally advertisements: