HONG KONG.
No. 31 or 19:17.
I assent.
"Officer Administering the Government.
11th July, 1947.
An Ordinance to provide for the surrender of subjects of China who, during the war period, have, in China, collaborated with the Japanese.
[11th July, 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 Chinese Cot- Short title. laboratora (Surrender) Ordinance, 1947.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise Interpreta requires
"China" includes any territory which, at the time of the commission of the net in respect of which an order for sorrender is made, was, in the opinion of the Governor. recognised by His Majesty' 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 Chinn, or to represent in any such place aforesaid the food 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
"Cullaborator" means a Chinese untional for whose surrender an order has been made under this Ordinance.
"Enemy" means the Japanese State and any person or body of persons or authority acting or purporting to act or to be established under the authority of or in association with such State.
"Territory of the Republic of China" means the territory which, in the opinion of the Governor, is recognised from
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