CO129-448 - Governor Sir May - 1918 [4-6] — Page 487

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Enclosure 2.

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RECO BES OF AUG 18

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No........

Hongkong...31.st ..a................1918.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885,

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the

Governor's Instructions.

2. The object of the ordinance is to introduce here the provisions of the Bills of Exchange, (Time of Noting) Act, 1917, 7 and 8 Geo.5,0.48.

The legislation was introduced with the approval of the Com- mittees of the Incorporated Law Society of Hongkong and of the Hongkong

General Chamber of Commerce.

3.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the

Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His

behalf.

Attorney General.