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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6,

Interpreta- tion.

6 & 7 Geo. 5,

c. 50, s. 46.

1935.

to or forming part of the realty shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who severs the same from the realty, unless after severance he has abandoned possession thereof; and

(b) the carcase of a creature wild by nature and not reduced into possession while living shall not be capable of being stolen by the person who has killed such creature, unless after killing it he has abandoned possession of the carcase.

3. In this Ordinance-

(1)-(a) "Inspector General of Police" shall include any person authorised by such said Inspector General of Police to act in his behalf :

(b) "Document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certi- ficate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorsement or by delivery, the pos- sessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to:

(c) "Document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of any real estate :

(d) "Night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeed- ing day:

(e) "Property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or for which the same has been converted or exchanged, and anything acquired by such con- version or exchange, whether immediately or otherwise:

(f) "Trustee' means a trustee on some express trust created by some deed, will, or instrument in writing, and in- cludes the heir or personal representative of any such trustee, and any other person upon or to whom the duty of such trust shall have devolved or come, and also an executor and ad- ministrator, and an official receiver, assignee, liquidator, or other like officer acting under any present or future Ordinance relating to joint stock companies or bankruptcy:

(g) "Valuable security" includes any writing entitling or evidencing the title of any person to any share or interest in any public stock, annuity, fund or debt of any part of His Majesty's Dominions, or of any foreign state, or in any stock, annuity, fund or debt of any body corporate, company, or society, whether within or without His Majesty's Dominions, or to any deposit in any bank, and also includes any scrip, debenture, bill, note, warrant, order, or other security for payment of money, or any accountable receipt, release, or discharge, or any receipt or other instrument evidencing the payment of money, or the delivery of any chattel personal, and any document of title to lands or goods as herein-before defined.