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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 24, 1911.
No. 40.-His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council: ག་་་་
Ordinance No. 2 of 1911.-An Ordinance to amend the Lepers Ordinance, 1910. Ordinance No. 3 of 1911.-An Ordinance to amend The Defences (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance, 1895, and to control balloonists and others who have special oppor- tunities for obtaining information respecting the defences of the Colony.
Short title and con- struction.
Repeals sec- tion 14 of the Lepers Ordinance, 1910, and substitutes a new section.
Prohibition of leper im- migration.
HONGKONG.
No. 2 or 1911.
An Ordinance to amend the Lepers Ordinance,
1910.
LS
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor.
[24th February, 1911.]
Be it ouacted 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 Lepers Ordin- ance Amendment Ordinance, 1911, and shall be read and construed as one with The Lepers Ordinance, 1910.
2. Section 14 of the Lepers Ordinance, 1910, is hereby repealed and the following is substituted for and shall be read in lien thereof :-
"14-(1) No person, not being a subject of His Majesty, suffering from leprosy may enter this Colony, and every person so doing may be banished in the manner hereinafter provided. (2.) The Governor-in-Council may, by order, pro- hibit any leper not being a subject of His Majesty who may enter the Colony in contra- vention of the last preceding sub-section from residing or being within the Colony for such period as the Governor-in-Council may think fit, and may by the same or any subsequent order, fix the time for the departure of such leper from the Colony.
The leper named in such order shall be arrested and detained in custody by the Police until he leaves the Colony or until the final departure from the Colony of any vessel in which he leaves."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of February, 1911.
R. ii. CROFTOX,
Clerk of Cannciis.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 24th day of February, 1911.
C. CLEMENTI,
Colonial Secretary.
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