376 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911.
OPIUM AMENDMENT BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved the suspension of the Stand- ing Orders so that the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Opium Ordinance, 1909,
may be read a first, second and third time.
The Attorney General seconded.
Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. HEWETT and Mr. POLLOCK opposed the motion.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council, and the Colonial Secretary amended the motion and moved that the Standing Orders be suspended to enable the Bill to pass its first and second readings.
The Attorney General seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
The Colonial Secretary moved the First reading of the Bill.
The Attorney General seconded, motion agreed to, and Bill read a first time.
The Colonial Secretary moved the Second reading of the Bill.
The Attorney General seconded, motion agreed to, and Bill read a second time.
The Colonial Secretary moved the suspension of the Standing Orders to enable the Bill to pass through its further stages.
A discussion then ensued, and the Colonial Secretary withdrew the motion.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BILL. -The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Code of Civil Procedure.
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the words "of Civil Procedure" were inserted after the words "Hongkong Code in the third line of section 2.
The word "preceding in the fifth line of section 6 was deleted.
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In section 30 the words "substitute 1 for existing forms in or“ were inserted between the words "be" and "added" in the first line.
In the Schedule the forms 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d. 26, 27, 2g, and 2h, were renumbered 7, 8, 8a, 8b, 86, 8d, 8e, and 8ƒ, respectively.
On Council resuming the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee with minor amendments and move! that it be read a third time. The Colonial Secretary seconded, motion agreed to, Bill read a third time and passed.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION AMENDMENT BILL. -The Committee stage on the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, was not proceeded with.
CROWN SOLICITORS BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to enable Joseph Horsford Kemp Esquire, Barrister-at-law, to practise as Crown Solicitor in the Court and to provide for the payment of solicitors' costs in cases in which a salaried Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor acts as solicitor.
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.