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Hong Kong (Coinage).

REC REG 12 JUL

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The

day of

1916.

PRESENT:

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the Hong Kong Coinage Order, 1895, and the British Dollar Order, 1895, provision was made respecting the currency of coins in the colony of Hong Kong:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty to be desirable to amend the said first-mentioned Order in the manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of all powers vested in him in that behalf, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. The Hong Kong Coinage Order, 1895, shall be construed and have effect as though the following Article were inserted therein after Article 4:-

"A.—(1) For the purposes of this Ordler a coin shall be deemed to have been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law where the coin has been impaired diminished or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by having any name word or mark stamped or engraved thereon (whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened) or by cutting punching or chopping in any way

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whatever.

(2) Any coin which has been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law, or which is below the lowest current weight, may be called in cut broken or defaced under the Authority of the Governor of the Colony, in accordance with such regulations as the Governor may make."