CO129-522-10 Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance 1929 20-12-1929 - 29-5-1930 — Page 11

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Enclosure 2.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong..23rd December, 1929.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.....................of 1929.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an

Ordinance to amend the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance,

1900, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which

is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.

2.

Section 2 of this Ordinance amends the definition

The

of the term " 'ammunition" in the principal Ordinance.

main object of the amendment is to include gas ammunition, but the definition is made more comprehensive in other

ways also.

3.

Section 3 of this Ordinance amends the definition of

the term "arms" in the principal Ordinance, as as to include

weapons intended for discharging gas ammunition.

4.

Section 4 of this Ordinance amends the definition

of the term "exempted person" in the principal Ordinance. The list of exempted persons at present is very large, and

the result is that there are a great many firearms in the

No doubt many Colony of which the police know nothing.

of the persons exempt at present keep with the greatest