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Draft Bills.

No. S. 329.-The following bills are published for general information :-

C.S.O. Ex. 73/01.

[No. 21-14.9.31.-2.]

A BILL

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 14 of 1901, s. 4.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 14 of 1901, s. 6.

Amendment of Ordinance

No. 14 of 1901, s. 16.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Gunpowder and

Fireworks Ordinance, 1901.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Gunpowder and Fireworks Amendment Ordinance, 1931.

2. Section 4 of the Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance, 1901, is amended

(a) by the deletion of the figure (1) in the first

line.

(b) by the repeal of sub-section (2).

3. Section 6 of the Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance, 1901, is amended by the repeal of sub- section (4).

4. Section 16 of the Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance, 1901, is amended by the insertion after the word "expedient" in the second line of the following words:-

"with regard to the fees to be paid by licensees and ".

Objects and Reasons.

1. It is proposed to raise the fees for licences to manufacture gunpowder and fireworks. The fees for these, fixed by sections 4 and 6 of the principal Ordinance, are $25 and $10 per annum respectively.

2. Under the analogous Dangerous Goods Ordinance (No. 1 of 1873, s.5) the fees prescribed for licences are dealt with by Regulations made by the Governor in Council.

3. The Governor in Council also fixes fees for licences under several other Ordinances. (See No. 8 of 1887, s. 3; No. 7 of 1906, s. 5; No. 40 of 1912, s. 3; No. 22 of 1919, s. 6; No. 15 of 1922, s. 15; No. 30 of 1923, s. 3; No. 21 of 1927, s. 3; and No. 11 of 1930, s. 4). It is intended that a fee of $250 shall be fixed for each class of licence.

4. This Ordinance, therefore, repeals sub-section (2) of section 4 and sub-section (4) of section 6 of the principal Ordinance and, by an amendment of section 16, enables the Governor in Council to make rules with regard to the fees to be paid by licensees under that Ordinance.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

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