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be paid to any person who has given such information as has led to the conviction of the offender or offenders, or if there are more than one such person may direct such part to be divided amongst them in such proportion as he may direct.

37. All ship station licences issued under the Wireless Continued Telegraphy Ordinance, 1926, shall, notwithstanding the repeal ship station

validity of of that Ordinance, continue in full force and validity until licences. terminated by effluxion of time or by cancellation or in some Ordinance other lawful manner.

No. 11 of 1926.

Ordinances

38. The Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894, the Repeal of Telegraphic Messages Amendment Ordinance, 1924, and the No. 3 of Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1926, and all Regulations 1894, No. 12 made thereunder, are repealed.

of 1924 and No. 11 of 1926.

39. (1) The Regulations in the Schedule shall be Regulations. 39.-(1) deemed to have been made under this Ordinance and shall Schedule. be in force until altered, rescinded or amended by the Governor in Council.

to be laid

Council.

(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be Regulations laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting before thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making Legislative thereof; and if a resolution is passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any regulation shall be rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded or amended, as the case may be, as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.

Convention.

40. Save in so far as they are repugnant to any regula- Application tions made under this Ordinance, the Telegraph Regulations to

of Regula- (Final Protocol), the General Radiocommunication Regulations Madrid (Final Protocol) and the Telephone Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention of Madrid, 1932, shall be in force in the Colony, so far as they are applicable thereto, as if such Regulations had been made under the authority of this Ordinance.

ment.

41. This Ordinance shall come into operation on such Commence- date as may be fixed by proclamation of the Governor.

Ordinances

42.—(1) The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply Exemptions. to the case of any telegraph erected or maintained by the No. 9 of Naval, Military or Air Force Authorities or to the concession 1925, No. 9 granted by Ordinance to the Hong Kong Telephone Company No. 14 of Limited.

(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to authorise the placing or maintenance of any telegraph line under, over, along or across, or of any telegraph posts in or upon, any immovable property, which is vested in or under the control of the Naval, Military or Air Force Authorities, without the previous consent of the authorities concerned.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 22nd day of April, 1936.

D. M. MACDOUGALL,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

of 1930 and

1935.