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in respect of which such offence has been committed and upon the making of any such order of forfeiture the said article shall become the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person. Before making any such order the Court or Magistrate shall give to any person claiming or apparing to the Court or Magistrate to be the owner of or otherwise interested in such article an opportunity of being heard:
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in his absolute discretion to give effect to any claim for relief from such forfeiture where such claim is established to his satisfaction on equitable, moral or other grounds.
PART IX
Commencement.
137. (1) These regulations shall not come into operation save and except at the time and in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
(2) The Governor may by order notification of which shall be given in the Gazette declare that these regulations or such part or parts thereof or such regulations or regulation as he may by such order specify shall come into operation and upon publication of such notification in the Gazelle the regulations ur such part or parts thereof or such regulations or regulation as may be specified shall come into operation.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in making any such declaration as aforesaid—
(a) if the declaration relates to the whole of these regulations to declare that any part or parts thereof or any regulation or sub-regulation shall not come into operation; and
(b) if the declaration relates to any part or parts thereof to declare that any regulation or sub-regulation included in such part or parts shall not come intu operation; and
(c) if the declaration relates to any regulation to declare that any sub-regulation thereof shall not come inta operation.
PART X
Repeal.
138. The regulations made under section 2 of the Ordinance and specified in the Schedule to these regulations shall be and are hereby repealed,
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SCHEDULE.
of the Emergency
Regulations made under section Regulations Ordinance, 1922, and published in the Gazette as Government Notification No. 775 of the 7th October, 1938
Government Notification No. 794 of the 12th October, 1938
Government Notification No. 798 of the 14th October, 1938
Government Notification No. 288 of the 14th April, 1939
Government Notification No. 324 of the 21st April, 1939
Government Notification No. 622 of the 4th August, 1939
Government Notification No. 743 of the 29th June, 1940
Government Notification No. 994 of the 6th. September, 1940.
Council CHAMBER,
28th December, 1949-
Acting Clerk of Councils.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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1. Emergency powers at present conferred by a number of regulations made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, and by Defence Regulations, 1940, in force for special purposes. It is desirable to provide more comprehen- sive emergency powers and to re-define the purposes for which they may be used. This has been effected by the Emergency (Principal) Regulations, 1949, which repeal a number of similar regulations made prior to the Pacific War under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922.
2. Special attention is invited to Part IX of such Regulations which provides (regulation 137) that the Regulations shall not come into operation until the Governor by Order so declares and which, alternatively, empowers the Governor to bring into force such of the Regulations as may from time to time be required.