1969-HKRS28-8-36_Part03 — Page 8

2

1969 and ending on the 14th February 1970 the rate of royalty to be paid by the Company to the Govern- ment under this section shall be fifteen per cent."; (b) in subsection (3), by deleting "twenty per cent of the gross receipts of the Company" and substituting the following--

"the royalty at the rate specified in subsection (1)"; and

(c) by inserting the following new subsection after sub-

section (5)—

"(6) The Legislative Council may, by resolu tion, amend the rate of royalty specified in sub- section (1), or amend that rate for any yearly period beginning on the 15th February and ending on the 14th February of the following year; and any resolution under this subsection may have retro spective effect to the 15th February in the year in which it is passed.".

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 27th day of August, 1969.

Shave

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.”

HONG KONG

No. 46 OF 1969.

I assent.

Wunch...

Governor.

28th August, 1969,

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to

pharmacy and poisons.

]

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 Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance 1969, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"agricultural poison” means any poison specified in the Schedule and any preparation or substance containing such poison; "authorized seller of poisons" means a registered pharmacist carry- ing on business on his own account or a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons authorized to sell poisons under section 11;

Short title and commerce- ment.

Interpretation.

Schedule.