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A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to establish the office of Registrar General, to define the duties thereof and to make provision incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registrar General Short title. (Establishment) Ordinance, 1949.

2.

There shall be a Registrar General who is hereby autho- Establish- rised ex officio to exercise all the powers, privileges and discretions ment powers from time to time vested in, and to discharge the duties from time and duties to time required to be performed by, the offices specified in the of Registrar Schedule hereto.

3.

General.

The Governor may appoint a Registrar General and may Appoint- also appoint such number of Deputies under the style of Deputy ment of Registrar General as may in his opinion from time to time be Registrar required to assist the Registrar General in the performance of his General and

duties.

Deputies.

4. Any Deputy appointed under section 3 may subject to Powers and any instructions of the Governor and to the instructions of the duties of Registrar General exercise all the powers, privileges and discretions Deputies. vested in the Registrar General and shall subject to any such instructions discharge such part of the duties thereof as may be assigned to him.

5. Nothing herein contained shall derogate from the pro- Saving. visions of sections 3 and 15 of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, as amended by the New Territories (Administra- Ordinance

No. 34 of tion) Ordinance, 1948, or from the provisions of any enactment 1910. empowering the Governor or any other person or body to appoint

a person to any of the offices specified in the Schedule hereto or Ordinance to appoint Deputies and Assistants to the persons holding such No. 62 of

1948. offices.

6. Whenever in any enactment or instrument, whether made Reference to or issued before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, offices in reference is made to any of the offices in the Schedule hereto the Schedule to same shall be deemed to include a reference to the Registrar General.

be deemed

to refer to Registrar General.

7. This Ordinance shall have effect as from the 1st of April, Commence- 1949, and any appointment as or to act as Registrar General or ment of Deputy Registrar General made by the Governor prior to the Ordinance publication of this Ordinance in the Gazette shall have effect as from the expiration of the 31st of March, 1949.

and appoint-

ments made prior to publication thereof.

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