CO129-562-5 Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance 1937 8-1-1937 - 11-1-1937 — Page 6

Enclosure No.2.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong, ... 7.th..January,.....1937.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.

.2.........of 1937 .

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

an Ordinance to make provision for a temporary

percentage levy on the salaries of public officers

in the Hong Kong Government Service and to provide

for the exchange rate at which sterling salaries

when paid in the Colony are to be converted.

2. A print of the Memorandum of Objects and

Reasons for the Bill for this Ordinance is attached.

3. I am of opinion that this Ordinance is not

contrary to the Governor's Instructions and that

it is one to which His Excellency may properly

assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.

C. G. Allent

Attorney General.

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