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HÙNG CONG

No. 53 of 1971.

I assent.

Bruch.

Governor.

7th October, 1971.

An Ordinance to amend the Law Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and to make consequential amend-

ments.

[1st November, 1971.)

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 Law Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 1971 and sball come into operation on the 1st November 1971.

2. Sections 10 and 11 of the principal Ordinance and their heading "Mercantile Law Amendment." are repealed and replaced by the following-

Contracts

for sale,

etc. of land

to be in

writing.

1925 c. 30. 1. 40.

"Contracts and other Instruments.

10. (1) No action shall be brought upon any contract for the sale or other disposition of land or any interest in land, unless the agreement upon which such action is brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing, and signed by the party to be charged or by some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.

Short title and Commencement

Repeal and replacement of sections 10

and 11. (Cap. 21)