1973-HKRS28-16-21_Part04 — Page 50

Amendment of Bection 6.

3.

Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

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(a)

in subsection (4), by deleting "Subject to subsection (5), the" and substituting the following-

"The":

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Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 28th day of November, 1973.

(5) by deleting subsection (5).

Amendment of section 7.

4.

Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1), by deleting an income and expenditure account and balance sheet" and substituting the follow- ing-

"a receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities"; 0

(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following new sub-

section-

"(1A) The accounts of the Lotteries Fund and the signed statement of the accounts shall be audited by the Director of Audit, who shall certify the state- ment and make such report as he thinks fit."; end

(c) in subsection (2), by deleting "statement" and substituting

the following---

Amendment of gection 9.

5.

Validation.

"and audited statement of accounts and of any report by the Director of Audit”.

Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in paragraph (h), by deleting the full stop at the end

thereof and substituting a semicolor; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (A) the following new

6.

paragraph-

業

"( the postponement of the drawing of any lottery

which is due to take place within the duration

of a gale warning.".

No appropriation from the Lotteries Fund purporting to have been made under section 6(4) of the principal Ordinance before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be invalid by reason only of that-

(a) the Governor did not approve a social welfare service; (b) section 6(5) of the principal Ordinance was not complied

with; or

(c) the Governor did not approve a social welfare service and section 6(5) of the principal Ordinance was not com- plied with.

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

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.

Clerk to the Legistative Council.