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DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Court at

The

day of

1942.

118

PRESENT

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas circumstances have arisen in the Colony of

Hong Kong (hereinafter called "the Colony") which render d

expedient that provision should be made whereby eertain

powers vested in the Governor of the Colony (hereinafter

called "the Governor") and other authorities under laws

in force in the Colony should, so long as the said

eted one of His circumstances continue, be exercisible by other authorities

majesty's Principal Secritanis of Statz,

Short title and inter- pretation.

ん

Modification

of enactments.

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and that such laws should be modified in eertain other

respects;

And Whereas the said powers include those conferred

upon the Governor by the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act,

1939, as extended to the Colony;

Now, therefore, His Majesty in exercise of his powers

under the said Act and of all other powers enabling him

in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of his

Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as

follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong (Temporary

Provisions) Order in Council, 1942.

(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for the

interpretation of this Order as it applies for the

interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In the Order, the word

enactment" means -

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2. So long as this Order remains in force,

(1) the provisions of the Emergency Powers (Defence)

(a) any (6) any provision, not made by an and of Pachionment!

virtue of contained wi

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Order of His tapoly in Council, (c) any Regulations, Rules, Order Proclamation or othean instrument made under an Ordinause or provcicon as

aforesaid,

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and

Act, 1939, which by the Emergency Powers (Colonial

Defence) Order in Council, 1939, the Emergency

Powers (Colonial Defence) (Amendment) Order in

Council,1940, and the Emergency Powers (Colonial

Defence) (Amendment) Order in Council,1941, were

having the force of law in the Colony the twenty fifth day of Decembery 1941.

extended