ORDINANCE No. 31 OF 1886 . 2073
Statute Law Preservation .
No. 31 of 1886.
An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance for preserving an authentic [ See Ordi
nances No. 6
and No. 17 of
record of the Ordinances ofthe Colony andfor other purposes. 1889. ]
[ 12th January, 1887. ]
WHEREAS a collection of the Ordinances of the Colony from the
commencement thereof down to and inclusive of Ordinance No.
30 of 1886 , partly composed of original Ordinances, and partly of copies
in print and manuscript, has been made by and under the direction of the
commissioners appointed by the Governor for the revision of the Ordi
nances, and the same has been certified by the secretary to the commis
sioners, and deposited for safe custody with the Registrar of the Supreme
Court, and it is expedient to make provision in respect thereof and for
the recording of all future Ordinances and of all proclamations in relation
thereto and of all rules, regulations , and orders made under or in pursu
ance of such Ordinances : Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,
with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Statute Law
Preservation Ordinance, 1886.
2. Ordinances No. 7 of 1864 and No. 10 of 1875 are [ " Ordinance Repeal .
No. 10 of 1875 is " as amended by Ordinance No. 6 of 1889 ] hereby
repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said
Ordinances or either of them [ amended by Ordinance No. 17 of 1889. ]
The collection
3. The collection of the Ordinances , so deposited as aforesaid , is of Ordinances
to form an
hereby declared and shall be taken to be a true and authentic record of authentic
the Ordinances therein comprised , as if they were all original Ordinances record of such
Ordinances as
duly authenticated under the hand of the Governor for the time being past .
and the seal of the Colony.
4. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, this and Recording of
Ordinances,
all Ordinances upon receiving the assent of the Governor and all procla &c.
[see Colonial
mations relating thereto and all such rules , orders and regulations as rules and
regulations
aforesaid immediately after they have been made by the Governor shall r. 181.]
be transmitted by the Clerk of Councils , certified under the hand of the
Governor and the seal of the Colony to the Registrar of the Supreme
Court, for record ; and such Ordinances , proclamations, rules , regulations ,
and orders shall be deemed and considered in the Colony to be the origi