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with the usual report by the Acting-- Attorney General. This Ordinance will

not be proclaimed until Her Majesty's

decision fras been received.

2.

Paragraph 3 of Section 4

| of this Ordinance encountered

considerable opposition in the progress

Enclosure 2

18th March, 1886.

of the Bill through Committee. It is

provision . It was contended.

not a

that it imposed unnecessary

restrictions on

In reply

reply it was

this provision

would be no

printers and publishers.

· pointed out that if

were omitted, there

"

remedy in case

of libel

if at the time of publication, the

ler of

printer

or publisher were away at

Cauton or Macao, as

he could not be

held criminally liable for what look

place in his absence. Eventually opposition

was

withdrawn on

understanding that, set

subsequent period,

be introduced by

conne

the

the

a motion would.

Unofficial

Member that it was desirable to

consider whether the Colonial faw

erassimilated

could not be still further

to that of England. No such motion.

has, however; been made;

3. Th