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Proclamation No. 3 of 1950 published as Government Noti- fication No. A. 227 of 1950 in Supplement No. 2 of the Gazette of the 20th day of October, 1950, is hereby cancelled.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hong Kong, this 12th day of January, 1953.
Published by His Excellency's Command,
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1. Ribben
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
(Secretariat 1/3881/50)
PROCLAMATION
No. 3.
Officer Administering
the Government.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT BROWN BLACK, Com- panion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.
WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 735 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, (hereinafter called "the Act") that the legislature of the Colony may by Ordinance, confirmed by Her Majesty in Council, repeal, wholly or in part, any provisions of the Act (other than those of the Third Part thereof which relate to emigrant ships), relating to ships registered in the Colony;
AND WHEREAS it is further provided by the said subsection that any such Ordinance shall not take effect until the approval of Her Majesty has been proclaimed in the Colony, or until such time thereafter as may be fixed by the Ordinance for the purpose;