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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong..5th. „February.......1920,
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No............................of 1920.
1.
en Ordinance
to modify
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
certain provisions of the Treaty of Peace
Order, 1919. for the purpose of adapting the provisions of the
Order to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one
Governor's Instructions.
2.
which is not contrary to the
The object of this Ordinance is to make the necessary modifi-
cations for the purpose of adapting to the circumstances of Hongkong
the provisions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, such legislation
being contemplated in article 3 of the Order.
3.
The general scheme of the Ordinance is to schedule a number
of substitutions to be made in reading the Order for the purpose of
its application to this Colony. The modifications are all matters
of detail, namely the substitution of dollar amounts for sterling,