1.
Enclosure 2.
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RECE
INE 2 C 19
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong...25th. September191 9
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No....20......................of 191 g.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An
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Ordinance for the acquisition and disposal of Rice by the Hongkong
Government, and for validating acts previously done,
2.
and 1 am of opinion that the Ordinance is
Governor's Instructions.
one which is not contrary to the
Section 2 removes any doubts as to the validity of any acts here-
tofore done by the Government and by its Officers or any person acting
under its direction to cope with the recent abnormal rise in the price
of rice.
3.
Section 3 gives the Governor power to requisition and resell rice
on payment of compensation either agreed upon between the parties or
settled by a Board therein provided, and prohibits any person neglect-
ing
A