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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong..4... April.......................1927.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.........................of 1927.
80
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an Ordinance
to amend the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, and I am of
opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Governor's instructions.
2.
Section 2 supplies an obvious omission in sub-section.
(2) of section 25 of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911. It
also adds to that section a sub-section which provides that
in an appointment to an office it shall not be necessary to
name any particular individual but that the appointment may
be of the holder of some other office in the name of that
The sub-section goes on to provide that upon an
appointment being made in that form the person who is from
time to time, for the time being, performing the duties of the
letter office shall be deemed to have been appointed to the
former office. A particular provision to this effect was
inserted recently in the Marriage Amendment Ordinance,1926.
office.