General defiuitions.
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F.-General Definitions.
"Gazette" means the Government Gazette of § 5 (7).
Hongkong.
"Proclamation
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means, as respects Hongkong, a proclamation of the Governor.
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New.
"Definition means the interpretation to be given New, M.
to words or expressions used in the Ordinance or part of an Ordinance to which such inter- pretations are declared to be applicable; and the words or expressions are to bave in such Ordinance or part of an Ordinance, and in any rules, regulations, orders, or other documents made thereunder, the meanings assigned to them unless inconsistent with the context.
"Month "
means calendar month, unless it appears $ 5 (14). from the context that lunar month, or Chinese
moon is intended,
"Year" means a year according to the Georgian New. Calendar, unless it appears from the context
that a Chinese year is intended.
"Person", and words applied to any person or $5 (12) cf. individual, shall apply to and include, subject 4 (). only to the provisions of section 25, corpora- tions, companies, joint tenants and tenants in common, and communities lay or religious.
Statutory Declaration" means, unless the con- § 20.
trary intention appear, a declaration made by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835, or of the Statutory Declaration Ordinance, 1893.
Extent of power to
lations.
PART V.
Of Regulations, Forms, and other matters.
40.-(1.) Where any Ordinance confers a discretionary § 36 (1) a. power to make regulations, to issue any order, or to do any make regu act, the power shall, unless the contrary intention appear, be construed as including the power, exercisable in like manner, and subject to the same conditious, if any, to amend, vary, rescind, revoke, or suspend the regulations made, or order issued, or any part thereof, or to abstain from doing the act.
Meaning of "regula- tion "
Tublication.
Other
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(2.) Regulations means both in this section, and g 36 (2) with generally in this Ordinance, regulations, rules and bye-laws, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Ordinance under which they are made, and includes rules of Court,
matter.
(3.) All regulations shall come into force on the day of § 36 (1) 4 their publication in the Gazette, and not before, and shall with new have the same force and effect and be equally binding, and shall be construed as if they had been contained in Ordinance empowering them to be made.
(4.) The same rule shall apply to any order made by the New. documents, Governor-in-Council, any order, warrant, scheme, letters patent, or other instrument made or issued under the provisions of any Ordinance.
41. All forms in use under any Ordinance repealed by New, M. 83. Fortos in repealed any subsequent Ordinance, and which are not replaced by Ordinances. forms in the repealing Ordinance, shall remain in force so far as they are not inconsistent with its provisions, mutil they have been replaced by forms prescribed in accordance with any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
Coming into force of pro-
clamations.
Extent of power to
PART VI.
Of Proclamations and Orders of the Governor.
42. Proclamations of the Governor shall come into New. M. 33. operation on the date of their publication in the Gazette.
43. Where power is given to the Governor to issue a New, M. 34. proclamation, it shall include the power of amending, clamations. revoking, or suspending the said proclamation, and also of
substituting another therefor.
issue pro-
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