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No. S. 71. The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 23rd March, 1911 :-

Short title and con- struction.

Amendment of section 18 of the Principal Ordinance.

Short title.

Definitions.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance further to amend the Widows'

and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Widows' and Orphans' Pension Amendment (No. 2) Ordinance, 1911", and shall be read as one with the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, hereinafter called "the Principal Ordinance", as amended by the Widows' and Orphans' Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1909, and by the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, 1911.

2. Section 18 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after the words "on attaining the age of 65" the words or on leaving the service".

Memorandum.

This Bill inserts in Section 18 of Ordinance 15 of 1908 certain words which were left out in consequence of some misunderstanding when that Ordinance was passed.

W. REES Davies, Attorney General.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance for regulating the supply of Elec- tricity for Lighting and other purposes within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911.

2. In this Ordinance and in any regulations there- under, unless the context otherwise implies,-

The expression "electricity" means electricity, electric current, or any like agency.

The expression "electric line meaus a wire or wires, conductor, or other means used for the purpose of con- veying, transmitting, or distributing electricity with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, or insulator en- closing, surrounding, or supporting the same, or any part thereof, or any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of conveying, transmitting, or distributing electricity or electric currents.

The expression "works" means and includes electric lines, also any buildings, machinery, engines, works, matters, or things of whatever description required to supply electricity and to carry into effect the object of a

company.

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The expression "company means and includes any person and any body of persons corporate or unincor- porate by whom electricity is supplied.

The expression "street" includes any square, court, or alley, highway, lane, road, thoroughfare, or public passage, or place.

3. The regulations for securing the safety of the Regulations public contained in the Schedule to this Ordinance shall for securing have effect as respects any company supplying electricity the safety of the public.

within the Colony of Hongkong or its Dependencies.

Provided that nothing in this Ordinance or in any regulations thereunder shall apply to any electric line or works laid down or erected by any person or hody of persons for the supply of electricity generated upon any premises occupied by such person or body to any other part of such premises.

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