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A.D. 1946.] CHINESE COLLABORATORS (SURRENDER).
HONG KONG.
No. 7 of 1946.
[No. 7.
I assent.
L. S.
MARK YOUNG, Governor.
17th May, 1946.
An Ordinance to provide for the surrender of subjects of
China who, during the war period, have, in China, collaborated with the Japanese.
[17th May, 1946.]
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 Chinese Col- Short title laborators (Surrender) Ordinance, 1946.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires-
"China" includes any territory which, at the time of the commission of the act in respect of which an order for surrender is made, was, in the opinion of the Governor, recognised by His Majesty's Government as forming part of the Republic of China.
"Chinese authority" means any person considered by the Governor to represent in the Colony, or in any place within the territory of the Republic of China, the Government recognised by His Majesty's Government as the lawful Government of the Republic of China, or to represent in any such place aforesaid the Head of such Government.
"Chinese National" means a person having, in the opinion of the Governor, Chinese nationality at the time of the act in respect of which an order for surrender is made but shall not include any person who was at such time or is now a British subject.
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