Enclosure 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
CO
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FILLO
Rr 13 AUG 19
Hongkong....16th........A...,191 9,
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REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.....8.
.................of 1919.
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to amend the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
2.
The object of this Ordinance is to render far more deterrent the powers of a Court with regard to punishing persons in possession
it being felt that in many cases persons in possession of arms are potential armed robbers and have every intention of commit- ting armed robbery, and should be dealt with severely, in a bad case.
of arms,
3.
Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 are all drafted with a view to carrying