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(c) by the deletion, in subsection (4), of the words "the chairman shall have a casting vote" and the substitution therefor of the following-

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"the chairman or in his absence the officer presiding shall have a casting vote".

Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the of section 10. insertion, after subsection (5), of the following new subsection

"(6) (2) Any officer (being an officer who is on the date of com- mencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1965 liable to contribute under this Ordinance not-! withstanding that he has left the public service) who-

(i) left the public service before the 24th day of May, 1963;"

and

(ii) did not have any children pensionable under this Ordin- ance at the time when he left the public service; and

(ii) became a widower after he left the public service but before the 24th day of May, 1963,

may, by notice in writing received by the Accountant General a1 any time within six months after the commencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1965, elect to discontinue being a contributor whereupon he shall not be required to make any further contribution and shall cease to have any rights under this Ordinance save that he shall receive back the amount of the contributions paid by him since the date on which be became a widower with compound interest thereon, and for the purposes of this paragraph the provisions of subsection (5) and (6) of section 10A shall apply mutaris mutandis.

(b) An election made under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall

be irrevocable.”.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 14th day of April, 1965, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat PR4388/480)

HONG KONG

No. 21 of 1965.

I assent.

Such

Governor

14th April, 1965.

An Ordinance to amend the Bankruptcy Ordinance.

[15th April, 1955.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Shoni cile. Ordinance 1965.

2. The Bankruptcy Ordinance is amended by the addition, after Addition of section 100, of the following new sections--

"Court may

lating order.

100A. (1) Where it appears to the court on applica.

new sections 100A to 1001.

bake regu- tion being made by the Official Receiver or by any creditor (Cap. $).

at any time after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition, whether presented before or after the commencement of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance 1965, that by reason of the large number of creditors or for any other