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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 19, 1935.

No. 550.

Hong Kong.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1926, Ordinance No. 7 of 1926, on the 26th day of June, 1935.

The regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Post Office Ordinance 1926, and set forth in Government Notification No. 118 in the Gazette of the 26th February, 1932 are hereby amended as follows:-

(1) By the deletion in Regulations 1 and 2 of the words "proper, excluding Sinkiang, Mongolia and Thibet".

NOTE: This amendment took effect as from the 4th day of July, 1935.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

No. 551.

26th June, 1935.

R. A. D. FORREST,

Clerk of Councils.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 40 of 1912.

(VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 40 of 1912, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling, the Governor in Council makes the following regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention regarding the Taxation of Foreign Motor Vehicles :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Regulations, 1935.

2. In these regulations

"The Convention" means the International Convention regarding the Taxation of Foreign Motor Vehicles which was concluded at Geneva on the 30th day of March, 1931.

"Fiscal permit" means a fiscal permit issued in accord- ance with Article 3 of the Convention.

"The Ordinance" means the Vehicles and Traffic Ordin- ance, 1912, and any amendment thereof and includes the regulations made thereunder.

3. (1) The Hong Kong Automobile Association (herein- after referred to as "the Association') shall be the organisa- tion designated for the purpose of issuing fiscal permits within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention and the said Association is hereby authorised to issue fiscal permits within the meaning of that article in respect of any motor vehicle registered in the Colony of Hong Kong.

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