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It was originally drawn so as to make the new procedure
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apply to all cases, wheth, the damage had occurred before the commencement of the Ordinance or not, but this might have resulted in imposing a retrospective liability in the old Colony on persons who appeared on the village rent roll. The objection does not apply to the New Territories where the village rent roll does not exist.
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The form of the old Ordinance made it rather difficult to amend and it seemed more convenient to repeal it and re-enact its provisions with the necessary alterations.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excel- lency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
Attorney General,
19th March, 1917.
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