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Enclosure 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong.. 13th September1917,
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No?....................of 191 7.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to amend further the Jury Ordinance, 1887,
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and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
1. Section 4(2) of the Jury Ordinance, 1887, Ordinance No. 6 of
1887, exempts from liability to jury service, "all persons holding
any office or situation of emolument under the Crown", Members of
the new Hongkong Defence Corps will be entitled to pay under certain
circunstances for certain duties. It seems scarcely likely that
membership of this Corps, even though it carries the right to pay
under certain circumstances, would be construed as amounting to/holding
the