for Orders in Council under paragraph 3 of the
Schedule, they will deal for the most part with
part with largely
technical amendments connected with the termination of
sovereignty and jurisdiction. We cannot yet be sure of
all the Acts that will be concerned, but those which will
need to be considered, to determine whether they may
require adaptation in Hong Kong, will include the
following:
Judicial Committee Acts 1833, 1843, 1844
Colonial Affidavits Act 1859
Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865
Extradition Act 1870
Foreign Enlistment Act 1870
Colonial Stock Act 1877
Documentary Evidence Act 1882
Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890
Colonial Probates Act 1892
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and subsequent Merchant
Shipping Acts
Judicial Committee (Amendment) Act 1895
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1908
Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdication Acts
and 1940
Evidence (Foreign, Dominion & Colonial Documents)
Act 1933
Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934
Copyright Act 1956
Civil Aviation Licensing Act 1960
Carriage by Air Act 1961
Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions Act 1962)
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