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Friday, November 24, 1972
OUTDATED LEGISLATION TO BE REPEALED
Eighty-six-year-old legislation prohibiting the sale of liquor on
board ships is one of two ordinances to be repealed under a bill which will
be introduced into the Legislative Council shortly.
The Ships (Prohibition of Sale of Liquor) Ordinance was enacted
in 1886 "to prevent the sale or conveyance of spirituous or fermented
liquor on board Her Majesty's Ships, and to prohibit the hovering near or
about such ships of any persons in boats for the purpose of so doing."
A government spokesman said today it was considered that because
of changed circumstances, the retention of the Ordinance was no longer necessary.
The Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1972 seeks to
repeal this ordinance and another which has become "obsolete or unnecessary",
and to make consequential amendments to enactments affected by the repeals
and by new legislation enacted during the year.
The other ordinance it seeks to repeal is the Bank Notes and
Certificates of Indebtedness Ordinance.
The bill, published in today's gazette, amends the Cremation and
Gardens of Remembrance Regulations, the Police Supervision Ordinance, and
the Preventive Service Ordinance.
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