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HEHE ONE

No. 49 OF 1949.

I assent.

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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, 1949.1

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 Bers Shart title. (Rate of Duty) Validation Ordinance, 1949.

2.

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) Validation of section 6 of the Beuing Duty Ordinance, 1931-

of three per contuma rate of

(a) the scale of duty on every bet made on any totalizator duty un 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

beta.. of October, 1945, for all purposes; and

No. 4 of 1931.

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