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Amendment of section 68.

Amendment of section 70.

Amendment of section 71.

Amendment of section 75.

Repeal of Part VIII.

Deletion

of Second Schedule and application of s. 23 of Cap. 1.

General amendments to principal Ordinance.

30. Section 68 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "prescribed".

31. Section 70 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting the definition of “table waters" and substituting the following-

""table waters" means aerated or non-aerated waters and any non-alcoholic beverages if such waters or beverages are in sealed containers and either sold or of merchantable quality but does not include distilled water, milk or cordials, squashes, extracts, concentrated essences or other liquids normally consumed in a diluted form.".

32. Section 71 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "having the chemical formula CH,OH," in the definition of "methyl alcohol".

33. Section 75 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and (b) by inserting at the end thereof the following new sub-

section-

"(2) No duty shall be payable on any methyl alcohol if the Government Chemist certifies in writing that it is mixed with some other substance or substances in such a manner that it cannot practicably be separated therefrom in a potable form.".

34. Part VIII of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

35. (1) The Second Schedule to the principal Ordinance is delcted.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal effected by subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the continuation in accordance with the regulations of any licensing board established under the repealed Second Schedule.

(3) Section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance shall apply in relation to the provisions of the repealed Second Schedule as if those provisions had been repealed by this section.

36. The principal Ordinance is further amended—

(a) in the definition of "offence" in subsection (1) of section 2. paragraphs (f) and (2) of subsection (1) of section 6. subsection (1) of section 7, subsection (1) of section 14.

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paragraph (2) of section 16, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 17 and subsection (6) of section 17. by deleting "and any regulations made thereunder”; (b) in the definition of "offence" in subsection (1) of section 2, by deleting and any regulation made there- under":

(c) in paragraph (0) of subsection (1) of section 6 and sub- section (2) of section 59, by deleting "or any regulations made";

(d) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 11, para- graph (a) of section 12, paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 15, subsections (1) and (3) of section 31, paragraphs (2) and (d) of section 37, subsections (1) and (2) of section 38, section 41, section 47, subsection (1) of section 66 and section 75, by deleting "or any regula- tions made thereunder":

(e) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 11, by

deleting "and of any regulations":

(f) in subsection (2) of section 17, by deleting "and of any

regulations made thereunder":

(g) in subsection (1) of section 31. by deleting "or any

regulation made thereunder'"'; and

(A) in subsections (1) and (2) of section 48, by deleting "or

of any regulations made thereunder".

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 7th day │of January, 1970.

have

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.