THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 29, 1936.
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who but for the said Works would be employed in some other work in the Hong Kong Government Service, shall be wholly exempted from the operation of Sections 2 and 3 of the said Ordinance.
3. That this Council approves the expenditure during the financial year 1936 of the further sum of $124,763.94 on Item 6 Airport (b) Airport and Seaplane Slipway which sum shall be met from surplus balances pen- ding the issue of a further loan.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
9. The Attorney General moved :--
That the amendment to the Slaughter-houses by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 5 of the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, on the 28th day of April, 1936, be approved.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
10. Female Domestic Service Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923.".
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
11. Buildings Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of
a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to amend the Buildings Ordinance, 1935." The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
12. Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Bill.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to enable effect to be given to an International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Cur- rency, signed on behalf of His late Majesty at Geneva on the 20th day of April, 1929, to apply to foreign coin certain enactments relating to British Coin, to assimilate the penalties for importing and exporting counterfeit coin and to amend certain enactments relating to forgery, coinage and extradi- tion."
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and moved that it be read a third time.
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