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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Draft Bills.

No. S. 158. The following bills, which it is proposed to introduce into the Legislative Council shortly, are published for general information.

C.S.O. 2749/26.

[No. 7-19.6.26.-1.]

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, s. 2.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 22 of 1910. s. 3.

An Ordinance to amend the Midwives Ordi-

nance, 1910.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Midwives Amendment Ordinance, 1926.

2. Section 2 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, is amended as follows:

two hundred

fifty

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in the sixthi

(1) by the substitution of the words

and fifty

for the word line of sub-section (1) thereof:

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(2) by the substitution of the words "two hundred

and fifty

66 for the words one hundred in the fourth line of sub-section (2) thereof;

(3) by the repeal of the words "Provided that this section shall not apply to medical practi- tioners or to anyone rendering assistance in a case of emergency in sub-section (2) thereof; (1) by the insertion of the following sub-section, immediately after sub-section (2) thereof :-

(3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any Chinese woman who uses the title of wan p'o () only. ; and

(5) by the renumbering of sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) as sub-sections (4), (5) and (6) respectively.

3. Section 3 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, is amended as follows:-

(1) by the substitution of the word woman for

the word "person" in the first line thereof;

(2) by the substitution of the word "holds" for the word "produces" in the second line there- of; and

(3) by the insertion of the words "or under the Midwives Act, 1902" between the word "Dublin

or" in the sixth

and the word

line thereof.

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