nothing to require the provision of grilles or any other scruc-
tural arrangements in any ship.
necessary.
4. Section 3 of the Ordinance repeals four sections in the
Suppression of Piracy Ordinance, 1868, which appear to be un-
Section 7 is repealed because there is no refcrin-
atory in Hong Kong. Section 8 is repealed because the pca-.
session of arms is sufficiently dealt with by the Arms and
Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, Ordinance No. 2 of 1900, and stink
pets are now obsolete. The regulations made under this sec-
tion which were published in the Gazette of the 20th August,
1870, ceased to be in force on the 12th April, 1915, by virtue
of the provisions of section 5 (2) of the Regulations Ordinance,
1915, Ordinance No 7 of 1915, and of the Order made under sec-
tion (1) of that Ordinance which was gazetted on the lat
April, 1915. No regulations have subsequently been made
under section & of the Suppression of Piracy Ordinance,
Section 9 of that Ordinance is repealed because it merely
provides that all enactments, etc., inconsistent with Ordinance
No. 1 of 1868 are to be of no effect. Section 10 is repealed
because it merely provides that nothing in the Ordinance is to
effect the jurisdiction previously exercised by the Supreme
Court.
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1668.
5. Section 5 of the Ordinance provides that it alıall come
into force on such day as may be fixed by order of the Governot
in Council. The commencement of the Ordinance has been
postponed for two reasons. In the first place, it has been
postponed in order that the proposed regulations may be made
so that they may come into force simultaneously with the
Ordinance.
In the second place, it has been postponed
because it seemed
14sirable that the present regulations,