CO129-545-7 Telegraphy and Telephony- amendments to legislation 1-11-1933 - 24-3-1934 — Page 21

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L.S.

HONGKONG.

No. 11 or 1926.

I assent.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

27th August, 1926.

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to

wireless telegraphy.

[27th August, 1926.]

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 Wireless Short title. Telegraphy Ordinance, 1926.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) "Telegraph means an electric, galvanic or Interpreta-

magnetic telegraph, and includes appliances tion and apparatus for sending or receiving tele- graphic or telephonic messages, or other com- munications, by means of electricity, galvanism or magnetism.

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(b) "Wireless telegraphy means any system of communication by telegraph without the aid of any wire connecting the points from and at which the messages or other communications are sent and received.

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Wireless telegraphy station includes every apparatus or collection of apparatus which has been installed for the purpose of being used for wireless telegraphy, whether for sending or receiving or for sending and receiving, and whether such apparatus or collection of appa- ratus be complete or not.

3.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council Regulations. to make regulations for the licensing, regulation and control of wireless telegraphy within the Colony and the waters thereof, and on board British ships registered in the Colony, including the prescribing of fees to be payable in respect of licences and permission granted under this Ordinance, and for prohibiting or restricting the use of wireless telegraphy at such times, on such occasions, and subject to such conditions, as may seem expedient to him.

(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a reso- lution be passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any regula- tion shall be rescinded, or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded, or amended as the case may be, as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolu- tion.

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