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No. 31 of 1911.
INTERPRETATION.
Citation of Ordinances. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 35.
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Ordinance No. 51 of 1936.
Ordinance No. 51 of 1936.
unless the contrary intention appears in the Ordinance or the contrary is necessary for bringing the Ordinance into operation, come into operation until the Ordinance comes into operation.
10.—(1) In all Ordinances there shall be a short title, and in all references to Ordinances in any enactment or in any legal document it shall be sufficient, but not essential, to mention the short title thereto, together with the number of the section referred to.
(2) Where however the short title is not used, it shall be lawful to indicate any Ordinance referred to as aforesaid by the serial number of the year in which it was passed, together with such year, and the number of the section referred to, as the same appear in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition), prepared under authority of the Ordinances and Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) Ordinance, 1936.
(3) Where the reference to any Ordinance is to any line in any section thereof, it shall be held to refer, in the case of Ordinances included in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition), prepared under authority of the Ordinances and Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) Ordinance, 1936, to the line of such section as printed therein; and in the case of Ordinances passed after the year 1937 to the line of such section as printed in the copy deposited in the Registry of the Supreme Court.
Effect of repeal on existing proclamations and regulations.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 11(2).
PART II.
Of repeals.
11.—(1) Where any Ordinance repeals wholly or in part any former enactment and substitutes other provisions therefor, the repealed enactment shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into operation.
(2) Where any Ordinance, or any part of an Ordinance, is repealed, all proclamations, orders, notices, rules, regulations and forms issued, made or prescribed in virtue thereof shall remain in force, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the repealing Ordinance and unless the contrary intention appears, until they have been repealed or replaced by
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.