CO129-554-3 Liquors Amendment Ordinance 1935 15-3-1935 - 18-3-1935 — Page 6

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong,

15 th March, 1935.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. .......11....................of 193 5.

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(2) wi

1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance.

intituled an

Ordinance to amend the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, and I am of

opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to

the Governor's instructions.

2.

When the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, was submitted to

the Secretary of State, he suggested in his despatch of

the 1st April, 1932, that certain minor amendments were

desirable when a suitable opportunity of amending the

Ordinance occurred.

are dealt with in sections 2,

The se

4, 5 and 9 of this amending Ordinance.

3. Section 2 inserts in section 2 of the principal

Ordinance a definition of "distillery licence". Section

2 also amends the definition of "Hotel Keeper's adjunct

licence" to conform more closely with the definition of

"Restaurant adjunct licence" and to enable holders of Hotel

Keeper's adjunct licences to sell liquor to non-residents

in conjunction with any bona fide meal, and not merely, as

hitherto, in conjunction with the regular meals of the

establishment.

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