Enclosure No. 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong..23rd. Degauber,192 7.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No....2.5... ..............of 1927.
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an Ordinance
to regulate the printing of newspapers and the keeping and
use of printing presses, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance
is one which is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2.
This Ordinance repeals and re-enacts, with alterations, the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1886, Ordinance No.4
cf 1886.
3.
There are several alterations in the interpretation
section.
The attempt to secure a full address, where one
has to be given, by means of a definition in the interpreta-
tion section has been abandoned. Reliance is now placed on
the requirement of a "full address" in sections 6 and 7, and
on the fact that inquiries can always be made at the time by
the Registrar in any case of doubt. Further, the old defini-
tion of "place of business" and "place of residence" would
have failed in more than one instance, e.g., in the case of
offices or flats. The new definition of "address" is con-
-fined