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Acts 10th Victoria, Cap. 24, and 15th Victoria, Cap. 244, have been brought into operation in this Colony, and in reply I beg to furnish Your Lordship with the accompanying Copy of a report on the subject from Mr. Phillippo, the Attorney General.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord! Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
Candice Morrison
Administrator
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Imperial Acts Amendment Acts
Report by the Attorney General of Hong Kong in Colonial Office Circular Despatch of 15th December 1876
on the
The Laws of England generally as existed at the time this Colony acquired a local legislature, that is to say on 5th April 1843 were declared to be in force here by local legislative enactment.
It would therefore seem that the 9th Victoria cap. 26 was introduced with the general body of English law and in Ordinance 3 of 1852 (passed 29th June 1852) that a...