Interpretation.
"Kowloon" means that portion of the peninsula of Kau-lung which was ceded to Great Britain by the Emperor of China on the 24th day of October, 1860; "magistrate" includes marine magistrates and two justices of the peace sitting together, to whom subsection (2) of section 7 of the Magistrates Ordinance, applies; "mandated territory" means a territory administered by the government of any part of His Majesty's dominions in accordance with a mandate from the League of Nations;
"medical practitioner", or any words importing a person recognized at law as a practitioner in medicine or surgery or as a member of any branch of the medical profession, means a medical practitioner duly registered or deemed to be a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Ordinance;
"month" means calendar month;
[cf. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 3.]
"New Kowloon" means that portion of the New Territories which is delineated in red and shown upon a plan marked "New Kowloon" dated the 8th day of December, 1937, signed by the Director of Public Works, countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office;
"New Territories" means the additional territories leased to Great Britain by the Emperor of China under the Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898;
[cf. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 3.]
"oath" or "affidavit" includes, in the cases of persons allowed or required by law to affirm instead of swearing, affirmation; and "swear", in the like cases, includes affirm;
"occupy" includes use, inhabit, be in possession of or enjoy the premises in respect whereof the word is used, otherwise than as a mere servant and for the mere purpose of the care, custody and charge thereof; "offence" means any crime, misdemeanor, contravention or other breach of the law for which a penalty is provided;
"officer administering the Government" means the officer who succeeds to or is appointed to the administration of the Government of the Colony;
"or", "other" and "otherwise" shall be construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless the word "similar" or some other word of like meaning is added;