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By a Despatch Wongsong No 10 dated 3rd February 1877 His Excellency The Governos
was authorized to carry through
the Ordinance av
alterations.
by
has
De
s now
earry through the Connoil
proposed
with certain
Those alterations have been made
and the Ordinance as amended
- passed through the Council and has received the assent of the Governor.
The alterations are as
follows:
The 38th Seation of the English...... Companies Act of 1867 has been inserted
t
and forms the 37th Section of this Ordinance
and in
has been
Sections.
consequence of this insertion there
a re-
numbering of the subsequent
In the provise at the end of Section
20 the
"!
following
words have been introduced
that the amount in which each share is
so reduced shall in no case be less than
one
fourth of the amount of the original
share.
Section 41 of the Ordinance originally
introduced was
was omitted as there seemed
after the receipt of the Despatch to be no reason why the Ordinance should not take
which it was
effect from the date on
passed
my opinion
the
Royal assent
may properly be given to the Ordinance as
passed.
(signed) George Phillippo,
Attorney General Hongkong.