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Power o Governor

in Cound]

to vary Schedule.

Saving-

Ordinance No. 7 of Lgoo. Ordinance No. 3a of

TOIS.

Regulations.

10. The Governor in Council may from time to time by order alter, vary or in any manner amend the Schedule to this Ordinance.

11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to exempt any person from compliance with the provisions or requirements of the Prospecting and Mining Ordinanca, 1906, or the Emportation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, or any other enactment.

12. The Governor in Council may make such regulations for giving better effect to the provisions of this Ordinance as he may deem to be necessary or expedient.

HOM KANG

No 44 or 1948.

I assent.

SCHEDULE.

(1) Minerals of the pitchblonde group, including pitchblende, uraninite,

ulrichtte, broggerite, cleveite, and related mineral species.

(2) Torhernite and autunite.

(3) Secondary uranium minerals other than torbernite and autunite, including rutherfordine, uranite, uranophane, gumite, thorogum- mite, uranocirvite, kasolite, becquerelite, and other silicates, hydrates, carbonates, phosphates or arsenates of uranium.

(4) Carnotite and tyuyamunite.

(5) Uranium-bearing niobate-titanate-tantalate ores, including euxonito, polycrase, blomstrandine, priorite, samarskite, fergusonite, hetafite, plumboniobite, and related mineral species containing over one per cent. uranium oxide.

(6) Monazite, thorite, thorianite and radio-active zircon.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 25th day of August, 1948.

Alaturi d

Deputy Clerk of Councils,

Governor.

26th August, 1948.

An Ordinance to relieve tenants from payment of rent in respect of the period of Japanese occupation and to adjust the rights of landlords and tenants.

[27th August, 1948.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof;

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bent (War Period) Short title. Relief Ordinance, 1948.

2. In this Ordinance—

The expressionsa "landlord" and "tenant' shall include their executors, administrators and assigns;

"premises" means the premises subject to a tenancy whether such tenancy was for domestic, office, professional, business, trade or other pr.rposes and includes a pier or wharf;

"tenant" includes the Crown, a sub-tenant and a statutory tenant but does not include any person holding directly from the Crown:

A

'war period" means the period commencing with the 8th of December, 1941, and ending with the 18th September. 1945.

Interpreta-

tion.

3. Bave as bereinafter expressly provided-

(e) all claims for payment of rent payable

for

in respect of any period comprised in the war period shall be deemed bereinafter to have been waived;

provided.

any premises

Rent during the war period irrecoverable,

SAVE AS