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Amendment of sections 35, 36,

37(3), 5201X0)

& 6903).

Transitional provisions.

Consequential Amendments, Schandule,

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3. Sections 35, 36, 37(3), 52(1)(c) and 69(3) of the principal Ordinance are amended by deleting "five thousand dollars” in cach place where it occurs and substituting the following—

"fifteen thousand dollars"+

4. (1) For the avoidance of doubts, where an action or matler commenced in the Supreme Court before the commence- ment of this Ordinance has been brought within the jurisdiction of the District Court by reason of an amendment effected by this Ordinance, the Supreme Court or a judge thereof may order the transfer of such action or matter to the District Court under section 40 of the principal Ordinance.

(2) Notwithstanding section 43 of the principal Ordinance, where an action or matter commenced in the Supreme Court before the commencement of this Ordinance is ordered to be transferred from the Supreme Court to the District Court by reason of an amendment effected by this Ordinance, then, as regards so much of the proceedings as takes place in the Supreme Court before transfer, a District Judge may, if satisfied that there was sufficient reason for bringing the action in the Supreme Court and subject to any order of the Supreme Court, make an order allowing costs on the Supreme Court scale or on any District Court scale.

(3) In relation to an action or matter commenced in the District Court before the commencement of this Ordinance, a District Judge may refuse to make an order under section 39(1) of the principal Ordinance, if the action or matter has been brought within the jurisdiction of the District Court by reason of an amendment effected by this Ordinance.

5. The Ordinances specified in the second column of the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the third column thereof.

Short title

2 Inland Revenue

Ordinance

3. Legal Practitioners

Ordinance

4. Racing Ordinance 1973

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Amendment

Section 75(2) is amended by deleting "en thousand dollars" and substituting the following-

"twenty thousand dollars".

Section 61(3) is amended by deleting "ten thousand dollars" in each place it occurs and substituting the following-

"twenty thousand dollars".

Section 33 is amended by deleting "toa thousand dollars" and subalituting the following-

"twenty thousand dolları”,

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 28th day

of November, 1973.

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.

латечен

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

SCHEDULE

CONSEQUENTIAL. AMENDMENTS

Short title

©Cap. 111.)

1. Estate Duty Ordinance

Amendment

[6. 5)

(1) Section 1401) is amended Грузи deleting "five thousand dollars" and sub- stituting the following--

"Twenty thousand dollars",

(2) Section 19(2) is armended by deleting "ten thousand dollars and sub- stituting the following-

"twenty thousand dollars*.

(00 1123

(Cwm. 199.)

Clk or 1973.1