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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong..4... April.......................1927.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.........................of 1927.

80

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an Ordinance

to amend the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, and I am of

opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to

the Governor's instructions.

2.

Section 2 supplies an obvious omission in sub-section.

(2) of section 25 of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911. It

also adds to that section a sub-section which provides that

in an appointment to an office it shall not be necessary to

name any particular individual but that the appointment may

be of the holder of some other office in the name of that

The sub-section goes on to provide that upon an

appointment being made in that form the person who is from

time to time, for the time being, performing the duties of the

letter office shall be deemed to have been appointed to the

former office. A particular provision to this effect was

inserted recently in the Marriage Amendment Ordinance,1926.

office.