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# Chapter XIV.
# LEGISLATION.
Twenty-nine Ordinances were passed during the year 1938. These, and also the Regulations, Rules, By-Laws and other subordinate legislation enacted during 1938, are published in a separate volume by the Government Printers. The twenty-nine Ordinances comprised two appropriations, three replacement, twenty-one amendment Ordinances, and three Ordinances which were new to the Colony.
The Appropriation Ordinance, (No. 22), applied a sum not exceeding $29,327,294 to the public service for the year 1938, and Ordinance No. 7 appropriated a supplementary sum of $774,321.44 to defray the charges of the year 1937.
The three replacement Ordinances were:
(1) The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1938 (No. 5). This Ordinance, which replaced the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897 (No. 4) and its amending Ordinances, re-enacted them after a close scrutiny and revision of every clause in the light of the recommendations in the Report of the Mui Tsai Commission and in the light of experience gained from the working of these Ordinances.
(2) The Sedition Ordinance, 1938 (No. 13). This Ordinance, which replaced the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914 (No. 6), is based upon a model Ordinance compiled by direction of the Secretary of State. It clarifies and brings up-to-date the law relating to sedition previously in force in the Colony as contained in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914 (No. 6), regulations under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, and the common law.
(3) The Waterworks Ordinance, 1938 (No. 20). This Ordinance replaced the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903 (No. 16) and the regulations made thereunder, and is more in accordance with modern requirements than the 1903 Ordinance.
The twenty-one amending Ordinances covered a wide range of subjects, namely - Asiatic Emigration (No. 2), Empire Preference (Nos. 3 and 29), Vaccination (No. 4), Merchandise Marks (No. 8), Bankruptcy (No. 9), Dentistry (No. 10), Registration of Persons (Nos. 11 and 26), Sand (No. 12), Female Domestic Service (No. 15), Offences Against the Person (No. 16), Dangerous Drugs (No. 17), New Territories Regulation (No. 18), Stamp (No. 19), Rating (No. 21), Land Registration (No. 23), Pharmacy and Poisons (No. 24), Dollar Currency Notes (No. 25), Police Force and Peace Preservation (No. 27), Sedition (No. 28).
The Ordinances new to the Colony were:
(1) Gasholders Examination (No. 1);
(2) Prevention of Eviction (No. 6);
(3) Prohibited Publications (No. 14).
Ordinance No. 1 made provision for the periodical examination of gasholders. Ordinance No. 6 restricted the rights of landlords to possession of dwelling-houses in certain cases. Ordinance No. 14 substituted new provisions for the provisions in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, No. 6 of 1914, dealing with the importation of seditious literature.
The subsidiary legislation covered a wide range of subjects including -
Adulterated Food and Drugs, Air Navigation, Asylums, Basel Evangelical Missionary Society Incorporation, Buildings Companies, Dangerous Goods, Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute Incorporation, Dentistry, Emergency Regulations,
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Chapter XIV.
LEGISLATION.
.
Twenty-nine Ordinances were passed during the year 1938. These, and also the Regulations, Rules, By-Laws and other subordinate legislation enacted during 1938, are published in a separate volume by the Government Printers. The twenty- nine Ordinances comprised two appropriations, three replacement, twenty-one amend- ment Ordinances, and three Ordinances which were new to the Colony.
The Appropriation Ordinance, (No. 22), applied a sum not exceeding $29,327,294 to the public service for the year 1938, and Ordinance No. 7 appropriated a supple- mentary sum of $774,321.44 to defray the charges of the year 1937.
The three replacement Ordinances were:
(1) The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1938 (No. 5). This Ordinance, which replaced the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897 (No. 4) and its amending Ordinances, re-enacted them after a close scrutiny and revision of every clause in the light of the recommendations in the Report of the Mui Tsai Commission and in the light of experience gained from the working of these Ordinances.
(2) The Sedition Ordinance, 1938 (No. 13). This Ordinance, which replaced the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914 (No. 6), is based upon a model Ordinance compiled by direction of the Secretary of State. It clarifies and brings up-to-date the law relating to sedition previously in force in the Colony as contained in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914 (No. 6), regulations under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, and the common law.
(3) The Waterworks Ordinance, 1938 (No. 20). This Ordinance replaced the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903 (No. 16) and the regulations made thereunder, and is more in accordance with modern requirements than the 1903 Ordinance.
The twenty-one amending Ordinances covered a wide range of subjects, namely- Asiatic Emigration (No. 2), Empire Preference (Nos. 3 and 29). Vaccination (No. 4), Merchandise Marks (No. 8), Bankruptcy (No. 9), Dentistry (No. 10), Registration of Persons (Nos. 11 and 26), Sand (No. 12), Female Domestic Service (No. 15), Offences Against the Person (No. 16), Dangerous Drugs (No. 17), New Territories Regulation (No. 18), Stamp (No. 19), Rating (No. 21), Land Registration (No. 23), Pharmacy and Poisons (No. 24), Dollar Currency Notes (No. 25), Police Force and Peace Preservation (No. 27), Sedition (No. 28).
The Ordinances new to the Colony were :---
(1) Gasholders Examination (No. 1);
(2) Prevention of Eviction (No. 6);
(3) Prohibited Publications (No. 14).
Ordinance No. 1 made provision for the periodical examination of gasholders. Ordinance No. 6 restricted the rights of landlords to possession of dwelling-houses in certain cases. Ordinance No. 14 substituted new provisions for the provisions in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, No. 6 of 1914, dealing with the importation of seditious literature.
The subsidiary legislation covered a wide range of subjects including-
Adulterated Food and Drugs, Air Navigation, Asylums, Basel Evangelical Missionary Society Incorporation, Buildings Companies, Dangerous Goods, Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute Incorporation, Dentistry, Emergency Regulations,
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