TNAG-1775-FCO40-2529-Agricultural-situation-in-Hong-Kong-Marine-Fish-(Marketing)--1988 — Page 11

Enclosure No. 4

MARINE FISH (MARKETING) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987

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A BILL

To

Amend the Marine Fish (Marketing) Ordinance.

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 Marine Fish (Marketing) Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.

2.

Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended-—

Amendment of section 3.

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting "may be bought or sold wholesale" (Cap. 291.)

and substituting the following-

"may be sold, offered or exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of sale, by wholesale,"; and

(b) in subsection (2) by deleting "shall be liable to a fine of $1,000"

and substituting the following-

"commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000".

3. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(b) by deleting "the Colony" and substituting the

following-

Amendment of

section 4.

"Hong Kong"; and

(b) in subsection (2) by deleting "$1,000" and substituting the

following-

"$10,000".