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Rules for interpretation of extended enactments.
Making of rules and orders.
Section 2.
No. 2.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1856.
tions of any officers (howsoever designated) of the said Lord Chancellor, Court of Chancery, Superior Courts of Equity, or Judges in England shall be deemed to be within the meaning of any of the provisions of the said enactments respecting such last-mentioned officers,
4. In the interpretation of the said enactments the following rules shall be observed, that is to say,
(1.) except in the cases hereinafter specified, every enactment which appears to be wholly or partially repugnant to or inconsistent with some previous enactment shall be deemed to have abrogated the same pro tanto; and
(2.) every enactment for regulating the performance of the powers or duties of a master in ordinary or of a master in lunacy passed subsequently to the passing of the Act of Parliament 15 & 16 Victoria Chapter 80, entitled “An Act to abolish the Office of Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, and to make Provisions for the more speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the said Court,” shall be so construed as to enable a Judge in Court or in Chambers to exercise and perform the said powers and duties within this Colony as nearly as circumstances will permit in the stead of any such masters respectively,
5. The Supreme Court is hereby authorized to make and issue such rules or orders for giving effect to this Ordinance as may be found meet,
SCHEDULE.
TABLE OF ENACTMENTS EXTENDED.
Statute and Chapter of Act. Short title of Act. How much of the Act is extended. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 70. The Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853. Sections 1, 2, and 38 (except the words in section 38 "shall, subject to the provision hereinafter contained, be directed to the Masters or one of them"); sections 40 to 51, both inclusive, (except the words in section 50 “in addition to the Masters or one of them"); sections 54 to 63, both inclusive; sections 66 to 70, both inclusive; sections 75 to 89, both inclusive; sections 98 to 100, both inclusive; sections 113 to 139, both inclusive; sections 145 and 146; sections 148 to 151, both inclusive; and Schedules 1 and 3 to the Act.A.D. 1856.
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