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HONG KONG
No. 7 or 1947.
I assent.
Marke
Young
Governor.
7th February, 1947,
An Ordinance to amend the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931.
[7th February, 1947.]
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 Betting Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 1947, and shall be read as oue with the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Ordinance"
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Short title.
4, No. 40
of 1931.
of Bac, # of the Principal Ordinonce.
2. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance shall be amend Ariondinant ed by the deletion of the words seventy-six per cent." appearing in the proviso to the said section and by the substitution therefor of the words ** seventy-two per cent."
3. Sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Principal Ordinance shall be repealed and the following substituted therefor:
(2) On every cash-sweep ticket sold and on every cash-sweep chance allocated by list as provided in Section 4 there shall be charged a duty on the amount paid, contributed ** or subscribed on a scale to be determined from time to time
by resolution of the Legislative Council:
Provided that until such scale be determined by resolu- tion of the Legislative Council there shall be charged a duty of twenty-five per cent, on any such amount paid, contributed or subscribed,"
4. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 7th day of February, 1947.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 6th day of February, 1947.
Amendment of the
ol Sec. &
Principal Ordinance.
Gameda
thent.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.