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with the usual report by the Acting-- Attorney General. This Ordinance will
not be proclaimed until Her Majesty's
decision fras been received.
2.
Paragraph 3 of Section 4
| of this Ordinance encountered
considerable opposition in the progress
Enclosure 2
18th March, 1886.
of the Bill through Committee. It is
provision . It was contended.
not a
that it imposed unnecessary
restrictions on
In reply
reply it was
this provision
would be no
printers and publishers.
· pointed out that if
were omitted, there
"
remedy in case
of libel
if at the time of publication, the
ler of
printer
or publisher were away at
Cauton or Macao, as
he could not be
held criminally liable for what look
place in his absence. Eventually opposition
was
withdrawn on
understanding that, set
subsequent period,
be introduced by
conne
the
the
a motion would.
Unofficial
Member that it was desirable to
consider whether the Colonial faw
erassimilated
could not be still further
to that of England. No such motion.
has, however; been made;
3. Th