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A.D. 1924.] TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES AMENDMENT. [No. 12. 209

HONGKONG.

No. 12 OF 1924.

L.S.

I assent.

R. E. STUBBS,

Governor.

14th November, 1924.

An Ordinance to amend the Telegraphic

Messages Ordinance, 1894.

[14th November, 1924.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Telegraphic Short title. Messages Amendment Ordinance, 1924.

2. Section 2 of the Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, Amendment 1894, is amended as follows:-

of Ordinance No. 3 of

(1) The words "telephone, wireless telegraphy 1894, s. 2.

or wireless telephony," are inserted between the word "telegraph" and the word "from in the first line thereof.

(2) The words "or retransmit by telegraph, tele- phone, wireless telegraphy, or wireless telephony," are inserted immediately after the word "communication", in the eleventh line thereof.

(3) The word "telegraphic" in the twelfth line

thereof is deleted.

No. 3 of

1894, s. 3.

3. Section 3 of the Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, Amendment 1894, is repealed, and the following section is substi- of Ordinance tuted therefor :-

Penalty for printing, etc. matter con- trary to the Ordinance.

3. Every person who prints or publishes, or causes to be printed or published, or retransmits, any matter, contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall

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