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Ordinance which exceede 20 dollars weekly, it might be argued that
other the Ordinance was intended to apply only to persons of Chinese or/
Asiatic race. The present Ordinance is intended to cover all
cases of maintenance ordere, irrespective of nationality, and it is therefore advisable to take the opportunity to remove all doubts
as to the construction of the only local Ordinance under which such
orders may be made.
8. Section 13 amends sections 4 and 6 of the Harried Women (Deser- tion) Ordinance, 1905, by removing the provision that no order may
be made for payment of more than 20 dollars weekly. The Ordinance
now amended has in its application up to date been confined to per-
sons of Asiatic race. The present ordinance is intended to cover
all cuses of maintenance orders, irrespective of nationality, and the maximum amount that may be ordered is too small in European cases.
9. Sections 11(a) and (b) and section 12 of the Act have not been
reproduced in the Ordinance for obvious reasons.
10. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the
Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His
behalf.
Attorney General.
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