CO129-613-4 Transfer of registration of China Companies from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong 16-4-1946 - 3-2-1948 — Page 89

Enclosure No. 2.

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COMPANIES (CESSATION OF EMERGENCY STATUS) ORDINANCE, 1947.

Explanatory observations in accordance with Article XXVIII

of the Royal Instructions.

1.

This Ordinance was passed without amendment on the

19th June, 1947.

2. The reasons for enacting this Ordinance are set out in the

Objects and Reasons to the Bill as amended, a copy of which is

forwarded herewith.

3. The subject matter of the Ordinance has been the subject

of correspondence between the Government of Hong Kong and the

Secretary of State for the Colonies, terminating with the Secretary

of State's telegram No. 743 dated the 10th May, 1947.

HONG KONG,

25 June, 1947.

Attorney General.