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3. The replacement Ordinance was the Public Works Loan Redemption Ordinance (No. 15), which provided for the redemption of the bonds issued under the authority of the Public Works Loan Ordinance, 1927, repealed.
4. Ordinance No. 18 incorporated the Procurator in Hong Kong of the Pontifical Foreign Missions Institute.
5. The following Ordinances, viz: Arms and Ammunition (No. 2), Full Court (No. 8), Volunteer (No. 10) and Miscellaneous Licences (No. 25) consolidated and to some extent amended the existing law on these subjects.
6. The Ordinances new to the Colony were the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Ordinance (No. 24) and the Naval Volunteer Ordinance (No. 30). Of these, Ordinance No. 24 establishes a fund for services similar to those performed by like funds in the Straits Settlements and India, and in England by the Mercantile Marine Masters and Officers Relief Fund. The local fund is administered by a Committee financed by the revenue of the Colony. Ordinance No. 30 is based on a model prepared in England for enactment by the legislatures of this and other Colonies.
7. The twenty amending Ordinances covered a wide range of subjects, viz: Code of Civil Procedure (Nos. 1 and 13), Printers and Publishers (No. 3), Supreme Court (Nos. 4 and 12), Criminal Procedure (No. 5), Summary Offences (Nos. 6 and 26), New Territories Regulation (No. 7), Divorce (No. 9), Probates (No. 14), Opium (No. 16), Betting Duty (No. 17), Dangerous Goods (No. 20), Industrial and Reformatory Schools (No. 21), Juvenile Offenders (No. 22), Bankruptcy and Magistrates (No. 23), Telephone (No. 27), Merchant Shipping (No. 28) and Companies (No. 29).
8. Three Ordinances (No. 9, Divorce Amendment, on 1st November, 1933, and Nos. 21, Industrial and Reformatory Schools, and 22, Juvenile Offenders, on 20th November, 1933), were brought into operation by Proclamation on the same dates as the principal Ordinances which they amend, and Nos. 27 (Telephone Amendment) and 29 (Companies Amendment) are expressed to commence on 1st January, 1934.
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9. Similarly, the subsidiary legislation covered a range of subjects, including Public Places Regulation, Vagrancy, Criminal Procedure, Merchant Shipping, Civil Procedure, Gunpowder and Fireworks, Public Health and Buildings, Advertisements, Vehicles and Traffic Regulation, Education, Boarding Houses, Ferries, Places of Public Entertainment Regulation, Post Office, Public Revenue Protection, Liquors, Tobacco, Factories and Workshops, Divorce, Police Pensions, Prisons, Companies, and Naval Volunteer Force.
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3. The replacement Ordinance was the Public Works Loan Redemption Ordinance (No. 15), which provided for the redemption of the bonds issued under the authority of the Public Works Loan Ordinance, 1927, repealed.
4. Ordinance No. 18 incorporated the Procurator in Hong Kong of the Pontifical Foreign Missions Institute.
5. The following Ordinances, viz: Arms and Ammunition (No. 2), Full Court (No. 8), Volunteer (No. 10) and Miscellaneous Licences (No. 25) consolidated and to some extent amended the existing law on these subjects.
6. The Ordinances new to the Colony were the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Ordinance (No. 24) and the Naval Volunteer Ordinance (No. 30). Of these, Ordinance No. 24 establishes a fund for services similar to those performed by like funds in the Straits Settlements and India, and in England by the Mercantile Marine Masters and Officers Relief Fund. The local fund is administered by a Committee financed by the revenue of the Colony. Ordinance No. 30 is based on a model prepared in England for enactment by the legislatures of this and other Colonies.
7. The twenty amending Ordinances covered a wide range of subjects, viz: Code of Civil Procedure (Nos. 1 and 13), Printers and Publishers (No. 3), Supreme Court (Nos. 4 and 12), Criminal Procedure (No. 5), Summary Offences (Nos. 6 and 26), New Territories Regulation (No. 7), Divorce (No. 9), Probates (No. 14), Opium (No. 16), Betting Duty (No. 17), Dangerous Goods (No. 20), Industrial and Reformatory Schools (No. 21), Juvenile Offenders (No. 22), Bankruptcy and Magistrates (No. 23), Telephone (No. 27), Merchant Shipping (No. 28) and Companies (No. 29).
8. Three Ordinances (No. 9, Divorce Amendment, on 1st November, 1933, and Nos. 21, Industrial and Reformatory Schools, and 22, Juvenile Offenders, on 20th November, 1933), were brought into operation by Proclamation on the same dates as the principal Ordinances which they amend, and Nos. 27 (Telephone Amendment) and 29 (Companies Amendment) are expressed to commence on 1st January, 1934.
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9. Similarly, the subsidiary legislation covered а range of subjects, including Fublic Places Regulation, Vagrancy, Criminal Procedure, Merchant Shipping, Civil Procedure, Gunpowder and Fireworks, Public Health and Buildings, Advertisements, Vehicles and Traffic Regulation, Education, Boarding Houses, Ferries, Places of Public Entertainment Regulation, Post Office, Public Revenue Protection, Liquors, Tobacco, Factories and Workshops, Divorce, Police Pensions, Prisons, Companies, and Naval Volunteer Force.
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