CO129-581-9 Trustee Amendment Ordinance 1939 21-1-1939 - 31-5-1939 — Page 11

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Telephone No.: WHITEHALL 1234.

Any reply to this letter should be addressed to—

NATIONAL

SCHEM

DISABLED

THE SECRETARY,

TREASURY,

WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.1.

and the following number quoted:

F.15832.

TREASURY CHAMBERS.

9 February, 1939.

Sir,

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I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His

Majesty's Treasury Mr. Cowell's letter of the 13th January,

1939, (53971/38) enclosing a copy of a despatch from the

Governor of Hong Kong forwarding for consideration the draft

of a Bill which has been prepared empowering the Governor in

Council to grant the status of a Trust Company, subject to

certain conditions, to any corporation lawfully carrying on

banking business in the Colony.

It is observed that section 106A of the Trustee

Ordinance as proposed to be amended by Clause 2 of the draft

Bill provides that section 82 of that Ordinance shall have no

application in the case of a banking corporation carrying

on trust business, and I am to suggest for the consideration

of the Secretary of State for the Colonies that unless the

point is otherwise provided for it might be desirable to

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except section 82(1)() from this provision.

Subject to the above My Lords have no observations

to

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.