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(2) The Incitement to Disaffection Ordinance (No. 9). This ordinance made better provision for the prevention and punishment of endeavours to seduce members of His Majesty's forces etc., from their duty or allegiance.
(3) The Queen Victoria Street Eastward Reclamation and Piers Ordinance (No. 13). This ordinance gave the Director of Public Works provisional authority to construct certain works.
(4) The Town Planning Ordinance (No. 20). This ordinance made provision for the systematic preparation and approval of plans for the future lay-out of urban areas.
(5) The Note-Issuing Banks Extension of Powers Ordinance (No. 21). This ordinance extended for a further period certain powers of the note-issuing banks.
(6) The Naval Volunteer and Defence Ordinance (No. 25). This ordinance amended the Naval Volunteer Defence Ordinance, 1933 (No. 30) and made better provision for the naval defence of the Colony.
(7) The Compulsory Service Ordinance (No. 32). This ordinance made provision for compulsory service in the Colony.
(8) The Kowloon Union Church Incorporation Ordinance (No. 36). This ordinance provided for the incorporation of that church.
(9) The Essential Commodities Reserves Ordinance (No. 38). This ordinance provided for the maintenance of reserve stocks of essential commodities and for the registration of importers of such commodities.
The subsidiary legislation covered a wide range of subjects including—
Adulterated Food and Drugs, Advertisements Regulation, Births and Deaths Registration, Buildings, British Nationality and Status of Aliens (Fees), Companies, Compulsory Service, Dangerous Drugs, Dentistry, Deportation of Aliens, Education, Emergency Regulations, Essential Commodities Reserves, Evidence, Ferries, Hydro-carbon Oils, Immigration and Passports, Importation and Exportation, Jury, Law Revision, Lighting Control, Liquors, Marriage, Medical Registration, Merchant Shipping, Midwives, Naval Volunteer, Naval Volunteer and Defence, Nurses Registration, Nursing and Maternity Homes Registration, Pensions, Pharmacy and Poisons, Pleasure Grounds and Bathing Places Regulation, Police Force, Post Office, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Prisons, Probates, Public Health (Food and Sanitation), Public Officers (Changes of Style), Public Revenue Protection Quarantine and Prevention of Disease, Rating, Registration of Persons, Rope Company's Tramway, Stamp, Supreme Court, Telecommunication, Trade Marks, Trading with the Enemy, University, Vagrancy, Vehicles and Traffic Regulation, Volunteer, Waterworks, Wild Birds.
Factory legislation in the Colony is limited to a single ordinance, The Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, which came into operation on the 1st of January, 1938. There is no legislative provision for compensation for accidents nor for sickness and old age. The introduction of legislation dealing with workmen's compensation is at present under consideration.
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(2) The Incitement to Disaffection Ordinance (No. 9). This ordinance made better provision for the prevention and punishment of endeavours to seduce members of His Majesty's forces etc., from their duty or allegiance.
(3) The Queen Victoria Street Eastward Reclamation and Piers Ordinance (No. 13). This ordinance gave the Director of Public Works provisional authority to construct certain works.
(4) The Town Planning Ordinance (No. 20). This ordinance made provision for the systematic preparation and approval of plans for the future lay-out of urban areas.
(5) The Note-Issuing Banks Extension of Powers Ordinance (No. 21). This ordinance extended for a further period certain powers of the note-issuing banks.
(6) The Naval Volunteer and Defence Ordinance (No. 25). This ordinance amended the Naval Volunteer Defence Ordinance, 1933 (No. 30) and made better provision for the naval defence of the Colony.
(7) The Compulsory Service Ordinance (No. 32). This ordinance made
provision for compulsory service in the Colony.
(8) The Kowloon Union Church Incorporation Ordinance (No. 36). This
ordinance provided for the incorporation of that church.
This
(9) The Essential Commodities Reserves Ordinance (No. 38).
ordinance provided for the maintenance of reserve stocks of essential commodities and for the registration of importers of such commodities.
The subsidiary legislation covered a wide range of subjects including—
Adulterated Food and Drugs, Advertisements Regulation, Births and Deaths Registration, Buildings, British Nationality and Status of Aliens (Fees), Companies, Compulsory Service, Dangerous Drugs, Dentistry, Deportation of Aliens, Education, Emergency Regulations, Essential Commodities Reserves, Evidence, Ferries, Hydro- carbon Oils, Immigration and Passports, Importation and Exportation, Jury, Law Revision, Lighting Control, Liquors, Marriage, Medical Registration, Merchant Shipping, Midwives, Naval Volunteer, Naval Volunteer and Defence, Nurses Registration, Nursing and Maternity Homes Registration, Pensions, Pharmacy and Poisons, Pleasure Grounds and Bathing Places Regulation, Police Force, Post Office, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Prisons, Probates, Public Health (Food and Sanitation), Public Officers (Changes of Style), Public Revenue Protection Quarantine and Prevention of Disease, Rating, Registration of Persons, Rope Company's Tramway, Stamp, Supreme Court, Telecommunication, Trade Marks, Trading with the Enemy, University, Vagrancy, Vehicles and Traffic Regulation, Volunteer, Water- works, Wild Birds.
Factory legislation in the Colony is limited to a single ordinance, The Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, which came into operation on the 1st of January, 1938. There is no legislative provision for compensation for accidents nor for sickness and old age. The introduction of legislation dealing with workmen's compensation is at present under consideration.
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