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A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the registration of persons the issue

of identity cards and for purposes incidental thereto.

Be it 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 Registration of Short title. Persons Ordinance, 1949.

2.

(1) In this Ordinance-

"applicant" means a person required to make application for registration under the provisions of section 4;

"employer" means the Head of any department of Government in the Commonwealth, or of any department of the Government of Hong Kong or the departmental or divisional Head of any Ecclesiastical, Charitable, Educational, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural or Fisheries Organization in the Colony ;

Inter- pretation.

Professional, Social,

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"forgery" has the same meaning as in the Forgery Ordinance

Ordinance, 1922;

"prescribed" means prescribed by rule made under

this Ordinance;

"Register" means the register of persons kept by

the Registration Commissioner;

"Registration Commissioner" means the officer appointed as Commissioner of Registration for the Colony;

"Assistant Commissioner" means an officer appointed as Assistant Commissioner of Registration for the Colony;

"Registrar" means an officer appointed as

Registrar of Persons for the Colony;

"Assistant Registrar" means an officer appointed as Assistant Registrar of Persons for the Colony;

"Registration Officer" means the Registration Commissioner or any Assistant Commissioner, Registrar or Assistant Registrar;

"Identity Card" means a card of identity issued by or on behalf of the Registration Commissioner under the provisions of this Ordinance.

No. 11 of 1922.