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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 5, 1935.

NOTICES.

No. 288

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

The following Order of His Majesty in Council, which appeared in the London Gaeztte of the 26th February, 1935, is published for general information.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary.

5th April, 1935.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1935.

PRESENT

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD PRESIDENT.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN.

LORD BRIDGEMAN.

MR. J. C. C. DAVIDSON.

WHEREAS a Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air was, on the 12th day of October, 1929, signed at Warsaw on behalf of His Majesty:

And whereas by sub-section (1) of Section 1 of the Carriage by Air Act, 1932, as extended by the Carriage by Air (Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) Order, 1934, to the Colonies and other territories mentioned in the second schedule to that Order, it is provided that as from such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council certify to be the day on which the said Convention comes into force as regards the Colonies and other territories mentioned as aforesaid, the provisions of the said Convention as set out in the first annex to the first schedule to the said Order shall, so far as they relate to the rights and liabilities of carriers, passengers, consignors, consignees, and other persons and subject to the provisions of that Section, have the force of law in the Colonies and other territories mentioned as aforesaid in relation to any carriage by air to which the said Convention applies:

Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:--

1. It is hereby certified that the said Convention comes into force as regards the Colonies and other territories mentioned as aforesaid, on the 3rd day of March, 1935.

2. This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air (Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) (Date of Coming into Force of Convention) Order, 1935.

M. P. A. HANKEY.