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the above law was probably made in consequence of the provisions contained in Ordinance No.6 of 1845, establishing a Supreme Court of Judicature in Hongkong, which provided that the law of England should be in force except where the same was inapplicable to the local circumstances of the Colony or its inhabitants. This Ordinance was amended by Ordinance No.2 of 1846 and both were repealed by Ordinance No.12 of 1873.
3. In Government Notification published on the 28th of June, 1844, the Acting Surveyor General informed that with a view to a better observance of Sunday throughout the Colony, Government works were not to be proceeded with on that day, and that all Europeans in
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the above law was
probably
made in consequence of the
provisions contained in
Ordinance. Nc6 of 1845,
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establishing a Supreme Court of Judicature in- Hongkong, which provided that the law of England should be in force except
where the same.
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inapplicable to the local
circumstances
of
the
Colony
its inhabitants. This
Ordinance was amended
by
C
by
Ordinance W: 2 of 1846 and
both were re
repeated by
Ordinance W: 12 of 1873.
3.
In
Government
Notification published
on
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the 28th of June, 1844, the Acting Qurveyor General informed that with a view- to a better observance of Sunday but the Colony, Government
the
throughout
works were not to be
proceeded with on
-eded with on that day, and that all Europeans
the
in
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