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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.

HONG KONG.

No. 2 or 1933.

I assent.

W. PEEL,

L.S.

Governor.

17th February, 1933.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to

Arms and Ammunition.

[17th February, 1933.]

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 Arms and Short title. Ammunition Ordinance, 1933.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) “Ammunition'' includes--

(i) every shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade, or projectile, whether containing any explosive or gas or chemical or not, and whether intended to be discharged from or by any gun or other propelling or releasing instrument or mechanism or not, except hand grenades which can be used only for the purpose of extinguishing fires;

(ii) every part of any such shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade or projectile, whether such shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade or projectile may have been completely formed at any time or not;

(ii) every fuse, percussion cap, or priming cap, which could be used for the purpose of exploding any shell, bomb, hand grenade or other projectile;

(iv) every bullet or cartridge clip;

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(v) an explosive when enclosed in any case of trivance, or otherwise adapted or prepared so as to form a cartridge, charge or complete round of small arms, cannon, or any other weapon, or to form any tube for firing explosives, or to form a detonator, a projectile, or other contrivance than a firework, which can be used either singly or in suitable combinations, as, or in connection with, a nissile;

(vi) everything which may be declared by regulation made by the Governor in Council to be ammunition.

(b) "Arms" includes-

(i) every firearm of any description;

Inter- pretation.

Ammunition.

Arms.

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