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REG 5 APW15)
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 19th. February, 1915.
Şir,
I have the honour to submit for the significa-
-tion of His Majesty's pleasure the following Ordinance intituled;-
An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the power of the
Governor to appoint Deputy Official Receivers and as
to the validity of the acts of persons appointed to be
Deputy Official Receivers or to act as Deputy Official
Receivers or attached to the office of the official
Receiver before the commacement of this Ordinance.
No. 2 of 1915.
2.
enclosed.
3.
The customary report by the Attorney-General is
I may add that the Bankruptcy Ordinance of 1891 1 does not contain any definite provision for the delegation of the
functions of the Official Receiver to a Deputy Official Receiver.
This bill which is of the nature of an amending Ordinance and is
retrospective will secure the necessary legal validity of the acts
of those officers who have in the past been appointed to act as
Deputy Official Receivers. It will also enable the dual appointment of Deputy Registrar and Accountant and Deputy Official Receiver to
RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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