HONG KONG
No. 2 OF 1955.
I assent.
Alhankam.
Governor.
27th January, 1955-
An Ordinance further to amend the Magistrates Ordinance,
Chapter 227.
[28th January, 1955-1
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 Magistrates Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance, 1955-
2. Subsection (3) of section 19 of the Magistrates Ordin- Amendment ance (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance) is of section rescinded and replaced by the following subsection—
"(3) If the magistrate convicts a defendant or makes an order against him, he shall thereupon make a minute or memorandum of such adjudication (for which no fee shall be paid), and he shall cause the same to be lodged with the magistrates' clerk, who shall register the same as hereinafter provided."
19.
(Cap. 287).