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HONG KONG

No. 29 of 1967.

I assent.

Bench

Governor

18th May, 1967.

An Ordinance to provide for the validity of certain contracts.

[26th April, 1967.]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Defence (Finance) Regulations (Validation of Contracts) Ordinance 1967, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 26th day of April 1967.

2. (1) Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, no contract or other transaction shall be illegal or void or ever have been illegal or void, nor shall the validity of a contract or other transaction be otherwise affected or ever have been otherwise affected, solely by reason that it was made or performed or that any consideration was given thereunder without permission duly granted in accordance with the Defence (Finance) Regulations.

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(2) Subsection (1) shall apply whether or not legal proceedings I respect of any contract or other transaction have been instituted

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Certain contracts and other transactions not illegal or void,

(Cap. 309, Schedune. Part 1)