10
“subsidiary legislation" and "regulations” mean any proclamation, rule. regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, by-law or other instrument made under or by virtue of any Ordinance and having legislative effect:
"summary conviction" means a summary conviction by a magistrate in accordance with the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance; "summer time" means summer time as defined in section 68: "Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong: "surname" includes a clan or family name;
"territorial waters" means such part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the Colony as is deemed by international law to constitute the territorial waters of Hong Kong:
"treaty" means a treaty, convention or agreement made with a foreign state, and any protocol or declaration attached thereto or inde. pendent thereof but referring thereto;
"triable summarily means triable by a magistrate, in accordance with
the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance;
"trust territory" means a territory administered by the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions under the trusteeship system of the United Nations;
"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland;
"urban areas" means the Colony, excluding the New Territories except
New Kowloon;
(14 of 1955). “Urban Council" means the Urban Council established by the Urban
Council Ordinance 1955;
"vessel" means any ship or boat and any description of vessel used
in navigation;
"waters of the Colony" and "Colonial waters” meen—
(2) all waters, whether navigable or not, included in the Colony:
and
(b) territorial waters;
"will" includes any testamentary instrument:
"words" includes figures and symbols:
"writing" and "printing" include writing, printing, lithography, photog. raphy, typewriting and any other mode of representing words in a visible form;
"year" means a year according to the Gregorian calendar;
"years of age" and words of a like meating, when used with reference to the age of any person, mean years of age according to the English reckoning of ages.
4. (1) "Commonwealth" means collectively-
(a) the United Kingdom:
(b) any British territory; and
(c) any other state or territory which may be specified by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3). (2) "Briush territory" and "British possession” mean any state or territory which may be specified by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3).
(3) The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, order that any state or territory shall be a state or territory specified for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) or of subsection (2).
5.
Definitions of "Common- wealth" and "British territory".
Where any word or expression is defined in any Ordinance. Grammatical such definition shall extend to the grammatical variations and cognate variations
and cognate expressions of such word or expression.
expressions.
property.
6. Where reference is made in any Ordinance to property and References to the expressions used in relation thereto imply that such property is Government owned by, or belongs to, the Government, or convey a similar meaning. such reference shall be deemed to refer to such of the property of the Crown of the description mentioned as has been appropriated to the use of the Government.
7. (1) Words and expressions importing the masculine gender Provisions include the female.
for gender and number.
(2) Words and expressions in the singular include the plural and words and expressions in the plural include the singular.
B. Where any Ordinance authorizes or requires any documents Service by to be served or any notice to be given by post or by registered post, post. whether the expression "serve" or "give" or "send" or any other ex- pression is used, the service or notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying the postage thereon and dispatching by post or by registered post, as the case may be, to the last known postal address of the person to be served or given notice, an envelope containing the document or notice, and, unless the contrary is proved, such service or notice shall be deemed to have been effected at the time at which the envelope would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.