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unless the Secretary for Chinese Affairs "shall see
some grave objection in the interest of such mui tsai
to such restoration". The conflict here was real, and
The
no doubt the later enactment would have prevailed.
new section 23 makes it quite clear that the later
enactment is to prevail, as it lays down that in
exercising any right of guardianship conferred on him by
Ordinance No. 4 of 1897 the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
shall comply with the provisions of section 10 of Ordinance
No. 1 of 1923.
16. In the third place, section 32 of Ordinance No. 4
of 1897 did negative the right of the parent, in certain
circumstances, in a form which was undesirable in view
of the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1923. That section,
however, has been amended by Ordinance No. 21 of 1929 so
as to make it more consonant with the objects and principles
of Ordinance No. 1 of 1923.
17.
The new section 24 makes any register kept under
the principal Ordinance, and certified extracts, and
photographs and finger prints taken for the purpose of
any such register, admissible in evidence upon mere
production.
It also links up the photographs or finger
prints with the entries in the registers by means of the
serial numbers used.
18.
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.
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