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Ordinances.
Fraudulent Transfer of Businesses Ordinance, 1923.
Note-issuing Banks Extension of Powera Ordinance, 1939,
Amendments.
Sub-section 3 of Section 3 of the Fraudulent Transfer of Bosinesses Ordinance, 1923 de hereby amended by the deletion of the words between be deemed to be complete" and The particulars and the substitution
therefor of
' (u) upon the expiration of one mouth from the publication of the notice in the manner aforesaid; or
(b) if such notice shall have been given during the Hong Kong British Military Administration upon the expiration of one month after the re-establishment of the Supreme Court in its
Civil jurisdiction.'
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Section 3 of the Note-issuing Banks Extension of Powers Ordinance, 1939 is hereby amended by
(a) the deletion of the words ** 12th day
of July, 1940" in the fifth line and
the substitution therefor of the words
12th day of July, 1946 ".
(b) the addition at the end of the section
of the words%.........
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any
Notwithstuuding that the provisious of Ordinance requiring a Note issuing Bank to deposit securities or other value in respect of or the limiting of the amount of notes payable to bearer on
demand which auch book shall issue shall not have bean complied with in respect of such notes issued between 25th December, 1941 and 1st September, 1945 no bank shall be deemed to have infringed the provisions of such Ordinance and such notes shall be legal tender. **
Passed the Legislative Council this first day of May 194
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HONG KONG.
No. 3 of 1946.
I assent.
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Governor.
1st May, 1948.
An Ordinance to provide for the trial of offences committed during the British Military Administration.
[1st May, 1946.]
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 Administration of Justice (Transitional swi wik Provisions) Ordinance, 1946.
In this Ordinance "Summary Military Court" and "General Military Court" shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively by the Military Courts Pro- clamation and "committal proceedings" shall have the meaning assigned to it by the said Proclamation and by the Rules of Procedure for the Standing Military Court mado under Article 25 of the said Proclamation.
Interpastatin
Proclamation
3. (1) Notwithstanding the repeal contained in Section 2 of the Law Amendment of admat
(Transitional Provisions) Ordinance, 1946, the Supreme Court and a Magis- of the British trate respectively shall have jurisdiction over any offence committed prior Millar to the enactment of such Ordinance against any of the Proclamations, wave Orders, Rules and Regulations thereby repealed.
(2) Any such offence shall be punishable on conviction on indictment with the like punishment as could have been inflicted by the General Military Court and shall be punishable on summary conviction with twelve months Imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $1,000.00.
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beam repealed.
4. Where any person has been charged before a Summary Military Court with Case not any offence and has not been committed for trial to a General Military Collet, then un- Salted w less the Summary Military Court shall have convicted acquitted or discharged such met ve person, he shall be brought before a Magistrate as soon as may be after the enact- ment of this Ordinance, and the Magistrate shall proceed in accordance with the Magis- trates Ordinance, 1932, as though a complaint, Information or charge had been laid against such person in respect of the matters appearing in the charge laid before the Summary Military Court.
5. Where any person has been committed for trial to a General Military Court Procedur without committal proceedings having been taken in the Summary Military Court, then, who d unless the General Military Court shall have convicted acquitted or discharged auch per-mind without son, he shall as soon as may be after the enactment of this Ordinance be brought be di fore a Magistrate who shall proceed in like manner as if an information or charge for an indictable offence alleging the charges upon which accused was committed to the General Military Court had originally been laid before him,
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6. (1) Where any person has been committed for trial to a General Military Court Summe
by a Summary Military Court after the taking of committal proceedings taking by such Summary Military Court, then, unless the General Military Court umidital shall have convicted acquitted or discharged such person, the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to try such person upon any charges con- tained in an indictment preferred by the Attorney General.
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paneredz.