1947-HKRS28-8-14_Part03 — Page 26

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HONG KONG.

No, 27 or 1947.

I assent.

Musl

Officer Administering the Government.

14th June, 1947.

An Ordinance to amend the Arms and Apnuunition

Ordinance, 1933.

[14th June, 1947,]

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 Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1947.

(1) In this Ordinance "principal Ordinance" means the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1938, sa amended by the Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1946.

(2) The principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance may be cited together as the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1983-1947.

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3. Section of the principal Ordinance is hereby Amandment amended by substituting in sub-section (6) thereof the figures **1899'' for the figures 1880".

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4. The following amendments are hereby made to sention 29A of the principal Ordinance :

(a) the words "a firearm or'' are substituted for the word "an" in line two of sub-section (1) and for the worl "any in line three of sub-section (2);

(b) the following is substituted for the last three

lines of sub-section (5) :-

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means any thing, other than an arm within the

meaning of section 2 of the Arins and Aramonition Ordinarice, 1933, which if observed in daylight bas

the appearance of being a lethal barrelled weapon of

any description."

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(c) the following is substitute for the marginal note

to the said section :--

Pensity for use and possession of firearms and imitation firearms in certain cases.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 13th day of June, 1947.

Alastair Rorkel

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

of 14 af

Ont. No. 2 of 1933.

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of 1.30A of Ord. No. 2

of 1933.