CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 317

Enclosure 2.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No....?..

Hongkong..27th.March..............Yới/ 1922.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

an Ordinance to make temporary provision for the appointment of

solicitors to appear in the original Jurisdiction of the

Supreme Court in certain emergencies,

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

Governor's Instructions.

2.

Owing to death and other causes there is a scarcity of

practising barristers in the Colony at present, and, in order

to expedite the hearing of actions, the Chief Justice asked

for power to appoint solicitors to act as counsel in suitable

cases. This Ordinance gives him that power.

No objection

was raised by the bar.

3.