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nothing to require the provision of grilles or any other scruc-

tural arrangements in any ship.

necessary.

4. Section 3 of the Ordinance repeals four sections in the

Suppression of Piracy Ordinance, 1868, which appear to be un-

Section 7 is repealed because there is no refcrin-

atory in Hong Kong. Section 8 is repealed because the pca-.

session of arms is sufficiently dealt with by the Arms and

Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, Ordinance No. 2 of 1900, and stink

pets are now obsolete. The regulations made under this sec-

tion which were published in the Gazette of the 20th August,

1870, ceased to be in force on the 12th April, 1915, by virtue

of the provisions of section 5 (2) of the Regulations Ordinance,

1915, Ordinance No 7 of 1915, and of the Order made under sec-

tion (1) of that Ordinance which was gazetted on the lat

April, 1915. No regulations have subsequently been made

under section & of the Suppression of Piracy Ordinance,

Section 9 of that Ordinance is repealed because it merely

provides that all enactments, etc., inconsistent with Ordinance

No. 1 of 1868 are to be of no effect. Section 10 is repealed

because it merely provides that nothing in the Ordinance is to

effect the jurisdiction previously exercised by the Supreme

Court.

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1668.

5. Section 5 of the Ordinance provides that it alıall come

into force on such day as may be fixed by order of the Governot

in Council. The commencement of the Ordinance has been

postponed for two reasons. In the first place, it has been

postponed in order that the proposed regulations may be made

so that they may come into force simultaneously with the

Ordinance.

In the second place, it has been postponed

because it seemed

14sirable that the present regulations,