HONG KONG.
No. 32 OF 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
19th October, 1934.
An Ordinance to amend the Estate Duty Ordinance, 1932.
[19th October, 1934.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Estate Duty Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1934.
2. The Estate Duty Ordinance, 1932, is amended by the Addition of insertion of the following section, numbered 3A, immediately after section 3 thereof :-
new section 3A to Ordi- nance No. 3 of 1932,
sioner for
3A.-(1) The Chief Justice may, by a commission signed Appointment by him, appoint the Commissioner or any Deputy Com- of commis- missioner to be a commissioner to administer oaths and take oaths. declarations and affirmations for the purposes of this Ordin- ance, and may revoke any such appointment.
(2) Every person so appointed shall be styled a com- missioner for oaths and shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties which now belong to the office of a commissioner to administer oaths.
commissions.
3. Every commission issued by a Chief Justice before Validation the commencement of this Ordinance and purporting to of previous appoint any person to be a commissioner for oaths for the purposes of any Ordinance relating to Estate Duty, and everything done under the colour of any such commission, is validated for all purposes.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 18th day of October, 1934.
H. R. BUTTERS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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