15015
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
[REG. 20 APR 199
th March
1902
Report on Ordinance, 3
No
of 1902.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to define the meaning of the word
*
writers as used in Ordinance No. 3 of 1871,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
386
the Governor's Instructions.
This Ordinance is passed to prevent, in future, any doubts
as used in our local as to the meaning of the word "writers" Ordinance relating to the admission of Barristers, Solicitors, &c. This has become desirable in view of the passing of the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900, and the Order of His Majesty in Council made thereunder, and dated the 4th November, 1901. The Order in Council applied the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900, to Hongkong, as regards
all three parts of the United Kingdom.
The only question about which any doubt arose was this:
If a Law Agent of Scotland wished to be admitted as a Solicitor in Hongkong could he be so admitted, the word in our local Ordinance
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Page 391
being "Writers" and not the expression "Law Agents" ? To prevent any difficulty, this Ordinance defines "writers" for the purposes in question as including Scotch Law Agents.
Meigh Bardman
Attorney General.
15015
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
[REG. 20 APK
199
th March
190 2
Report on Ordinance, 3
No
of 190 2.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to define the meaning of the word
*
writers as used in Ordinance No. 3 of 1871,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
386
the Governor's Instructions.
This Ordinance is passed to prevent, in fature, any doubts
as used in our lodal as to the meaning of the word "writers" Ordinance relating to the admission of Barristers, Solicitors, &c. This has become desirable in view of the passing of the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900, and the Order of His Majesty in Council made thereunder, and dated the 4th November, 1901. The Order in Council applied the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900, to Hongkong, as regards
all three parts of the United Kingdom.
The only question about which any doubt arose was this:
If a Law Agent of Scotland wished to be admitted as a Solicitor in Hongkong could he be so admitted, the word in our local Ordinance
Page 390Page 391
being "Writers" and not the expression "Law Agents" ? To prevent any difficulty, this Ordinance defines "writers" for the purposes im question as including Scotch Law Agents.
Meigh Bardman
Attorney General.
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