Application.
Interpreta-
tion of
words and expressions,
(1 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 56).
First Schedule.
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2. (1) Save where the contrary intention appears either from this Ordinance or from the context of any other Ordinance or instrument, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to this Ordinance and to any other Ordinance in force, whether such other Ordinance came or comes into operation before or after the commencement of this Ordin. ance, and to any instrument made or issued under or by virtue of any such Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall be binding on the Crown.
PART II.
INTERPRETATION OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS.
3. "act", when used with reference to an offence or civil wrong. includes a series of acts, an illegal omission and a series of illegal omissions;
"Act" and "Statate" mean an Act or Statute of Parlament:
"adult" means a person who has attained the age of twenty-one years; "aircraft" means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere
from the reactions of the air;
“alien" means any person who is not a British subject, a British pro-
tected person or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland:
“amend” means repeal, revoke, cancel, add to or vary and the doing of all or any of such things simultaneously or by the same Ordinance or instrument;
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of Hong Kong:
"British subject" means a person who is a British subject by virtue of
any provision of the British Nationality Act 1948;
"Chief Justice" means the Chief Justice of Hong Kong:
“Christian name" means any name prefixed or suffixed to a surname,
whether received in Christian baptism or otherwise;
"City of Victoria” and “Victoria” mean the area within the boundaries
specified in the First Schedule:
"Clerk of Councils" means the Clerk to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council and any person appointed by the Governor to be Deputy Clerk of Councils:
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"coin" means gold, silver, bronze, cupro-nickel or other coin in use
as legal currency in Hong Kong:
Schedule.
"Colony" and "Hong Kong" mean the area of land and the area of Deep Bay and Mirs Bay lying within the boundaries specified in the Second Schedule and the territorial waters appertaining thereto: Second "Colonial Secretary" means the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong and
the Deputy Colonial Secretary: "commencement", when used with reference to any Ordinance, meaos
the date on which the Ordinance came or comes into operation; "committed for trial", when used in relation to any person, means—
(a) committed to prison with a view to his being tried before the
Supreme Court; or
(b) admitted to bail upon recognizances to appear and stand bis
trial before the Supreme Court:
"common law" means the common law of England; "consul" and "consular officer" mean any person, including the bead of a consular post, recognized by the competent authority of the receiving state us entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions:
*contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any Ordinance or in any grant, permit, licence, lease or authority granted under or by virtue of any Ordinance includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition;
"counsel" means a person admitted to practise as counsel before the
Supreme Court;
“court” means any court of the Colony of competent jurisdiction; "Crown Agents" means the persons or body for the time being acting as Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations; "Crown lease" means any lease granted by the Crown, any instrument whereby the term of a crown lease may have been extended or the provisions thereof varied and any agreement for a Crown lease: "daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which the offence is
continued after conviction therefor:
"definition" means the interpretation given by an Ordinance to any
word or expression;