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Chinese

terms.

References to pounds sterling.

Ordinance to

be public Ordinance.

Sections and schedules.

Citation of Ordinance.

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9. (1) Chinese words and terms, whether or not in Chinese characters and whether or not in apposition to English words, shall be deemed to form part of any Ordinance in which they appear and shall be construed according to Chinese language and custom.

(2) If there is any conflict in any Ordinance between the meaning of Chinese words or terms and English words used therein, the mean- ing of the English words shall prevail.

10. (1) Any reference in any law to a number of pounds sterling shall have effect as if such reference included a reference to sixteen times that number of Hong Kong dollars.

(2) The Governor in Council may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, amend subsection (1) to provide that reference to a number of pounds sterling in any law shall include a reference to a number of Hong Kong dollars greater or less than sixteen times the number of pounds sterling,

PART II.

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO ORDINANCES.

11. Every Ordinance shall be a public Ordinance and shall be judicially noticed as such.

12. (1) Every section of an Ordinance shall have effect as a substantive enactment without introductory words.

(2) Every schedule to or table in any Ordinance and any notes to such schedule or table shall be construed and have cffect as part of such Ordinance.

13. (1) Where any Ordinance is referred to, it shall be sufficient for all purposes to cite such Ordinance by-

(a) the title, short title or citation thereof;

(b) its number among the Ordinances of the year in which it was

enacted; or

(c) by any chapter number lawfully given to it under the authority of any Ordinance providing for the issue of a revised or other editions of the laws of Hong Kong.

(2) Any reference made to any Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), may be made according to the title. short title, citation, number or chapter number used in copies of Ordin- ance printed by the Government Printer.

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14. (1) Where it is provided that any Ordinance may, as to the Collective whole or any part thereof, be cited with any other Ordinance or with citation. any group of Ordinances, all such Ordinances shall be read and construed together, and any such group shall be construed as including such first mentioned Ordinance.

(2) Where it is provided that two or more Ordinances may to- gether be cited by a collective short title or citation containing therein the years of the first and last of such Ordinances, such short title or citation shall be construed to include all the Ordinances covered by the same, or any of them.

15. (1) Where in any Ordinance a reference is made to another Reference to Ordinance, such reference shall be deemed to include a reference to

Ordiouoce as

such last mentioned Ordinance as the same may from time to time amended.

be amended.

(2) Where any Ordinance repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former Ordinance, references in any other Ordinance to the provision so repealed shall be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

16. In any Ordinance a description or citation of a portion of an Citation of Ordinance shall be construed as including the word, section or other part of part mentioned or referred to as forming the beginning and as forming Ordinance. the end of the portion comprised in the description or citation.

17. (1) Any reference in any Ordinance to "any Ordinance" or Construc to "any enactment" shall be construed as a reference to any Ordinance tion of for the time being in force.

reference to Ordinance,

(2) Where in any Ordinance there is a reference to a section, section, etc,- Part, Chapter or schedule by number or letter only, and not in con- junction with the title or short title of any other Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the section, Part, Chapter or schedule of that number or letter contained in the Ordinance in which such reference occurs.

(3) Where in any section of any Ordinance there is a reference to a subsection, paragraph, sub-paragraph or other division by number or letter only, and not in conjunction with the number of any section of that or of any other Ordinance, such reference shall be construed as a reference to the subsection, paragraph, sub-paragraph or other division of that number or letter contained in the section in which such reference occurs,

(4) The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to subsidiary legislation.

(5) Any reference to an Ordinance in any Ordinance shall include a reference to any subsidiary legislation made under the Ordinance to which reference is made.