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Amendment

(c) in the definition "subordinate officers"-

(i) by the deletion of the words "hospital supervisors and assistant hospital supervisors" and the substitution therefor of the followings-

"hospital chief officers, hospital assistant chief officers and hospital principal officers"; and

(i) by the deletion of the words "principal leaders, assistant principal leaders and lenders,”.

3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsec-

of section 3. tion (2) by the deletion of the words “Assistant Commissioner" and

the substitution therefor of the following-

Amendment

4.

of section 5.

Repeal of section 18.

Addition of new section 36A.

"Deputy Commissioner".

Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by the deletion of the word "and" after “Victoria Prison" and

the substitution therefor of a comma; and 1

(6) by the insertion after the words and comma “Lai Chi Kok

Prison." of the following-

“Chi Ma Wan Prison and Tai Lam Prison”.

5. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

6.

The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 26 of the following new section—

"Towers of delegatibo.

26A. (1) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of any enactment and subject to any special instructions of the Commissioner, the Deputy Com- missioner may exercise and discharge any of the rights and duties which the Commissioner by any enactment is entitled to exercise or required to discharge.

(2) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of any enactment and subject to any special instructions of the Governor, the Commissioner may authorize any senior officer by name, office or appointment. to exercise and discharge any of the rights and duties which the Commissioner by any enactment is entitled to exercise or required to discharge.

(3) For avoidance of doubt nothing in this section shall be deemed to derogate from any power of delegation conferred upon the Commissioner by the provisions of any other enactment.".

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 9th day of November, 1960.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat GR48/2961/464)