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HANG KON

No. 49 OF 1949.

I assent.

Миталићим

Governor.

17th November, 1949.

An Ordinance to validate the imposition and collection of duty on totalizator and pari-mutuel bets at the rate of three per centum in lieu of two per centum without an appropriate resolution of Legislative Council.

[r8th November, 1949.]

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 Totalizator Bees Short title. (Rate of Duty) Validation Ordinance, 1949.

2.

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) Validation of section 6 of the Beuing Duty Ordinance, 1934-

of three per centum rate of

(a) the scale of duty on every bet made on any totalizator duty an or pari-mutuel authorized by the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931, totalizator shall be deemed to have been three per centum as from the 1st Ordinance of October, 1945. for all purposes; and

beta.

No. 4 of 1931.