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AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
APPLICABLE TO LOANS AUTHORISED TO BE RAISED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF HONG KONG INSCRIBED
Preamble.
Enacting clause.
Interpretation.
Loans to be raised by debentures or inscribed stock
STOCK.
C.O.
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RECE RFG 20 NOV 12
WHEREAS it is expedient to define in one
Ordinance the terms and conditions applicable to
loans hereafter authorised to be raised by the
Legislature of the Colony of Hong Kong;-
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
creation of inscribed stock, and to enable the
Colony to take advantage of the provisions of an
Act of the Imperial Parliament entitled "The
Colonial Stock Act 1877" and the subsequent acts on
the same subject;-
RE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Governor of the
Colony of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of
the Legislative Council thereof as follows:
J.
In this Ordinance unless the context
otherwise requires,
The expression "Governor" means the person for
the time being administering the Government of
Hong Kong.
The expression "Crown Agents"means the person or
persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents
for the Colonies in England.
2. Whenever by any Ordinance authority shall
have been given, or shall hereafter be given, to
raise any sum of money for the purposes mentioned
in such Ordinance, the Governor, or the Crown Agents
acting on his behalf, may, from time to time, as
引