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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 11, 1911.
CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION AMENDMENT BILL.—The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1900.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question---put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill. On the motion of the Attorney General the bill as read a first and second time was withdrawn and a reprint of the bill containing several amendments was substituted.
Council resumed, the Bill being left in Committee.
PRISON AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Prison Ordinance,
1899.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Conneil in Committee on the Bill.
Conneil resumed, the Bill being left in Committee.
PROBATES AMENDMENT BILL.-The Colonial Treasurer moved that the Council resolve: itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Probates Ordinance, 1897.
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of the Attorney General it was agreed that sub-section (c) of section 2 be deleted.
Council resumed, the Bill being left in Committee.
STAMP AMENDMENT BILL, The Colonial Treasurer moved that the Council resolve itself. into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, and the law relating to Stamps and Stamp Duty,
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of the Attorney General it was agreed that the following two sections be inserted after section 9 and be numbered 10 and 11 respectively :-
10. Sub-section (1) section 18 of the Irincipal Ordinance is hereby amended :-
(1.) by the deletion of the word “and at the end of sub-sub-section (6)
thereof,
(ii) by the insertion of the word "and" at the end of sub-sub-section (6)
thereof,
(iii) by the insertion after sub-sub-section () thereof of the following new
sub-sub-section :
“(d.) Any money payable under a Policy of Insurance effected by any person on his life where the Policy is wholly kept up by him for the benefit of a donee whether nominee or assignee or a part of such money in proportion to the premium paid by him where the Policy is partially kept up by him for such benefit.”
11. Section 18 of the Principal Ordinance as amended by section 10 of this Ordin- ance is hereby further amended by re-numbering sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) thereof (2), (3) and (4) respectively and by inserting at the commence- ment thereof the following new sub-section :-
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"(1.) In this and the following sections the word “estate" or "property or
"effects" of a deceased person, means the personal estate and effects of whatever kind of such person and includes pro- perty passing on the death of such person.' Sections 10 and 11 were re-numbered 12 and 13.
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