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5. In the preparation of the said e lition, the editor shall Powers of the have the following powers :-

(1) to omit from the said edition –

(7) any regulations in force, which in his opinion

are obsolete, spent or of no effect;

(b) save by reference only, Schedules to Ordi- nances contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1814-1923, and any orders by a competent authority amending the same;

editor.

(c) any roles made under section 4 (8) of the Ordinance

Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, relating No. 10 of to examinatious for certificates of com- petency;

1899.

(d) any regulation made under the Post Office Ordinance

Ordinance, 1900;

No. 6 of 1900.

(e) any order of the Governor under section 92 Ordinance

of the Public Health and Buildings Ordi- No. 1 of 1903. nance, 1903;

(f) any regulation made under the Railways Ordinance

Ordinance, 1909;

No. 21 of 1909.

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(g) any order of the Governor in Council under Ordinance

section 24 of the Rents Ordinance, 1922:

No. 14 of 1922.

Ordinance

(4) any pension minute other than any regula

tion male under section 17 of the Police No. 11 of Force Ordinance, 1990;

() any order of any court in any legal pro- ceeding, or any other order of the Governor, or of the Governor in Conneil, or of any other authority, which is of particular and not of general application :

Provided that the omission from the said edition of any such Schedules, rules, regulations, orders or minutes as are referred to in sub-purigraphs (6). (c), (d), (e), (A), (9), (h) and (2) above shall not affect the validity or operation thereof in any manner whatsoever;

(2) to include in the said edition an Appendix which may contain, in addition to regulations, such Government Notifications as the editor may think it desirable to print therein for purposes of convenient reference;

(3) to revise punetnation and to make grammatical aud typographical amendments, where in the opinion of the editor such revision or amendments is or are necessary ;

(4) to recast and add marginal notes and headings of divisions or sub-divisions of regulations, where in the opinion of the editor such recasting and addition is neces- Sary; and

(5) to do all such things relating to form and method as may be necessary for the perfecting of the said edition,

1900.

6. Subject to the provisions of the proviso to section Operation of 5 (1), from and after such date as may be appointed by the edition. order of the Governor in Council,—

(1) the said edition shall for all purposes be deemed to contain all the regulations in force on the 31st day of December, 1925;

(2) any regulations which were in force in the Colony on the 31st day of December, 1925, and which are not contained in the said edition, ghall be deemed to have been repealed; and

(3) in so far as there may be variations between the regulations which were in force in the Colony on the 31st day of December, 1925, and the same regulations as printed in the said edition, the regulations which were in force on the 31st day of December, 1925, shall be deemed to have been repealed, and the regulations as printed in the said edition shall be deemed to have been substi- tuted therefor: