1965-HKRS30-8-55_Part06 — Page 10

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PROCLAMATION,

No. 10 of 1965.

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BY HIS EXCELLENCY $IR DAVID CLIVE CROSBIE TRENCH, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same. WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 735 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) that the legislature of the Colony may by Ordinance, confirmed by Her Majesty in Council, repeal, wholly or in part, any provisions of the Act (other than those of the Third Part thereof which relate to emigrant ships) relating to shipa registered in the Colony: |

AND WHEREAS it is further provided by the said subsection that any such Ordinance shall not take effect until the approval of Her Majesty has been proclaimed in the Colony, or until such time there- after as may be fixed by the Ordinance for the purpose:

AND WHEREAS the legislature of the Colony has by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance) repealed certain provisions of the Act (not being provisions of the Third Part thereof which relate to emigrant ships) relating to small craft licensed in the Colony under Part XIV of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1953:

AND WHEREAS by section 1 of the Ordinance it is provided that the Ordinance, subject to the provisions of section 68 thereof, shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette:

AND WHEREAS by section 68 of the Ordinance it is provided that the Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's pleasure thereon has been publicly signified in the Colony by notification in the Gazette:

AND WHEREAS by the Merchant Shipping (Confirmation of Legisla- tion) (Hong Kong) Order 1965 Her Majesty in Council has confirmed the Ordinance:

NOW, THEREFORE, I DAVID CLIVE CROSBIE TRENCH, do hereby NOTIFY and PROCLAIM that it is Her Majesty's pleasure to approve the Ordinance and I do further PROCLAIM that the Ordinance shall come into operation on the 12th day of November, 1965.