has been obtained in writing prior to the promotion : Provided that the conditions specified in the next suc- ceeding subsection shall be observed in connection with the promotion and conduct of the game.
(2) The conditions referred to in the preceding subsection are that-
(a) the games shall be promoted only on such premises of the society as may be described in the written permission of the Commissioner of Police;
(b) tickets or chances in the game shall not be sold or issued, except on such premises of the society as may be described in the written permission of
f the Commissioner of Police;
(c) the whole proceeds of the game after deducting only expenses incurred for printing and stationery shall be devoted either to the provisión' of prizes for the players or to purposes which are purposes of the society or as to part to the provision 'of 'prizes" as aforesaid and as to the remainder to such purposes as aforesaid;
(d) there shall not be exhibited published or distributed any written notice or advertisement of the game other than notice thereof exhibited within the premises of the society for whose members it is promoted.
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(3) If any of the conditions prescribed in sub- section (2) hereof is broken each of the promoters of the game and where the person by whom the condition is broken is not one of the promoters that person also, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months:
Provided that it shall be a defence for a person charged only by reason of his being a promoter of the game to prove that the offence was committed without his knowledge."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 29th day of August, 1950.
Clerk of Councils.
HONG KONG
No. 32 OF 1950.
I assent.
Officer [Administering the Government.
12th October, 1950.
An Ordinance to amend the Jury Ordinance, 1887.
[13th October, 1950.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof;
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Jury (Amendment) Short title, Ordinance, 1950, and shall be read as one with the Jury Ordinance, 1887, hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance.
2.
Ordinance No. 6 of 1887.
Amendment of section
Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended- (a) by the deletion of the words "and who to the 3 of the satisfaction of the court has a sufficient knowledge of the English Ordinace.
principal language" and the substitution therefor of the words "and who has a knowledge of the English language sufficient to enable him to understand the evidence of witnesses, the address of counsel and the Judge's summing up"; and