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SCHEDULE.

Title,

short title.

Anomis Creiname No. 5 of 1897,

No. & year.

16 of 1901.

6 of 1900.

An Ordiuance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Stumps and Stamp Duty.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Post Office.

Objects and Reasons.

Extent of Repeal.

Sections 13, 25, 26, 27 and 28.

Section 34 sub-section (1) (d) ex- cept the first line. Section 36 sub-sections

(1) (c) and (ƒ).

This Bill is based mainly on the Imperial Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (54 and 55 Viet, c. 38) to the cor- responding sections of which reference is made in the margin. The licence insisted on by section 3 is however only required in the case of unused stamps. Section 7 replaces section 13 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1901. Section 10 is based mainly on the Stamp Duties Management Aet 1891 but certain of its sub-sections, namely, sub-sections (5) and (10) are taken from the Stamp Act 1891 and sub- sections (8) and (9) are a combination of sub-sections of the Stamp Duties Management Act with sub-sections of section 27 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1901. In section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act the maximum punish- mout is fourteen years penal servitude. In section 9 of the Stamp Act the penalty is a fiue of £50 in addition to any other penalty to which the offender may be liable. The maximum penalty under section 27 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1901 is two years hard labour.

A BILL

ENTITLED

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

An Ordinance to amend the Private Vehicles

Licensing Ordinance, 1895.

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 Private Vehicles Amendment Ordinance, 1911.

2. The following amendments shall be made in Or- dinance No. 5 of 1895:-

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(i.) In the title the words "the licensing of”

are repealed.

(ii) In section 1 the word " licensing is

repealed.

(iii.) In section 2 the words "In this Ordinance - Private Vehicle includes and the

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definition of "License" are repealed; and

the remainder of the section shall be sub- section (1) of the section, with the follow- ing words added after the word “

exempt

shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance

(iv.) The following sub-sections shall be added

to section 2:

"(2.) The licence shall be taken out by the owner, and shall be issued by such officer as the Governor shall appoint.

(3.) The grant and issue of the licence shall be in the discretion of the officer aforesaid; but any person aggrieved by the refusal of a licence may appeal to the Governor who may direct the licence to be issued."

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