CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12] — Page 103

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong..17th.August.............191 1922.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No....15.......................of 191 .1922.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

An or-

and Game

dinance to make provision for the protection of certain Wild Birds /

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

Governor's Instructions.

2. The Wild Birds and Game Preservation Ordinance, 1914, Ordinance

No. 18 of 1914, was not clear, and some of the provisions of the

Ordinance and Schedules were not in accordance with local conditions.

For example, some birds which do not breed here were given the pro-

tection of a close season.

It would have been possible to proceed

by way of amendment, but the method of repeal and re-enactment seemed

more desirable, especially as a revised edition of the Ordinances is

in course of preparation.

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