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AND WHEREAS no provision is contained in law for the increase of the pension of the child of a deceased officer on the marriage of the widow of a deceased officer;

AND WHEREAS it is considered that the pension granted to the said Cheung Lan Fong should be increased on the marriage of the said Wong Yuk Chun in like manner as if the said Wong Yuk Chun had died at the date of her said marriage:

Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the pension granted to Cheung Lan Fong on the death of Police Constable Cheung Kwan be increased as from the 15th day of March, 1953, from $60 a year to $120 a year, the same to be payable until the 25th day of April, 1972, or until the marriage of the said Cheung Lan Fong, whichever is the earlier.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

Council CHAMBER,

3rd March, 1954-

MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 227).

MAGISTRATES (ADMINISTRATIVE) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1954.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 131 of the Magistrates Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following rules--

1. These rules may be cited as the Magistrates (Administră- Citation. tive) (Amendment) Rules, 1954-

2. The Magistrates (Administrative) Rules (hereinafter Addition referred to as the principal rules) are amended by the addition after rule 13 of the following new rule-

"Custody

13A. (1) Except insufar as the magistrate may of exhibits, direct all exhibits in the case shall remain in the custody of the magistrates' clerk or of such person as the magistrate may direct until an appeal has been lodged or the period during which an appeal may be lodged has expired.

(2) After the expiration of the period during which an appeal may be lodged or, in the case of an appeal, after the exhibits have been returned to the magistrates' clerk by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as provided by paragraph (2) of rule 16A the magistrates' clerk shall, subject to any order which the magistrate may make, return all exhibits to the persons who originally produced the same :

Provided that any such exhibit as to which an order for restitution may have been made by the magistrate or by a judge of the Court as the case may be, or the property in which may revest on conviction under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 26 (Cap. 26) of the Sale of Goods Ordinance, shall not be returned except under the direction of the magistrate or of the judge of the Court as the case may be."

of new rule 134. (Vol. XI, P. 138).