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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 405. The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 20th October, 1932 :-

[No. 45-18.10.32.-1.1

Short title.

Inter- pretation.

Special licence fee for motor vehicles which are not Empire products.

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to secure an increased trade between the Colony

and other parts of the British Empire.

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 Empire Preference Ordinance, 1932.

2. In this Ordinance :-

"The British Empire" includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Dominion of Canada, the Com- monwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland. India, all British Colonies and all territories under His Majesty's protection. It shall also include, if for the purposes of this Ordinance the Governor in Council by Order so directs. any territory in respect of which a mandate of the League of Nations is exercised by the Government of any part of His Majesty's dominions.

"Empire product", in the case of motor vehicle means a vehicle which is substantially manufactured within the British Empire.

"Motor Vehicle" includes motor car, motor lorry, motor omnibus, motor truck, motor bicycle and motor tricycle.

(2) No vehicle shall be deemed to be substantially manu- factured within the British Empire unless, in the opinion of the Inspector General of Police, at least one quarter, or such other proportion as the Governor in Council may fix by Order. of its value is the result of labour within the British Empire

3.-(1) There shall be charged, levied and paid, in respect of the first registration in the Colony of every motor vehicle hereafter registered which, in the opinion of the Inspector General of Police, is not an Empire product, a special licence fee of an amount equal to twenty per cent of the value of such vehicle, including cost freight and insurance. on arrival in the Colony, after deduction of the value of the tyres and of any spare wheels or other spare parts.

(2) Such special licence fee shall be in addition to the ordinary licence fee payable under any Ordinance or regula- tions relating to the licensing of vehicles.