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LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

HONG KONG

Nesting to be held on Wednesday, 13th June, 1951, at 2,30 nm,

ORDER OF BUSINESS

ONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 30th MAY

PAFERS TO TE LAID,

QUESTIOIS.

(1) The lionourable C. I. M. Tarry pursuant to notice, will ask the

following quaations:~

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In view of the statement of the Hon. Financial Booretary on 28th March, 1951, during the course of the debate on the Benoni recding of the Appropriation for 1951/52 8111, 1951, that the proposed Business Registration Tax will ensure that the Inland Revenue Department is in a better position to poc that dirent taxation is borne by all those who are liable to the tax, and in view of the widespread belief' that a considerable proportion of the trouble profits arising in or derived from the Calony is never in fact included un any return, submitted to the Inland Revenue Department, is the Hon. Financial Socratory in a position to state when it is proposed to introduce the necesBELLY logislation for levying the Business Registration Tax?

Will Government include in the said proposed Ordinance provisions whereby no person or firm may legally derive any profita from business in the Colony unless such person or firm is duly registered under the Ordinance, and whoroby any unregistored person or firm is dobarred from legal action within the Colony in respect of say businose transaction arising from the conduct of basiness therein?

GOTERRIMENT PUSINESS.

(1) The Financial Saaretory to move the following Resolutionı –

Resolved pursuant to the proviso to section 3 of tho

Note-issuing Banks 3xtension of Powers Ordinance, 1939, ca modified by the Lear Amandment (Transitional Provisions) Ordinuco, 1946, that this Logialative Connell hereby oxtends the powers of all the note- issuing banko to muco, issuo, ro-issue and circulate notoa until and including the 12th day of July, 1952,

(2) Public Reclamation and Piers Bill, 1951.

The Attorny General to move the Second and Third readings of -

A Bill intitulad "An Ordinance to authoriso an undertaking

for the reclamation of an area of sea bed and for the construction of certai: piors."

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