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14:56 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1936.

HONG KONG.

No. 57 of 1936.

I assent.

L.S.

A. CALDECOTT,

Governor.

Short title.

Amendments of Ordinance

No. 54 of 1935, s. 7.

31st December, 1936.

An Ordinance to amend further the Currency Ordinance, 1935.

[31st December, 1936.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Currency (No. 2) Amendment Ordinance, 1936.

2. Section 7 of the Currency Ordinance, 1935, is amended-

(i) by the deletion of the words "shall surrender the same within one month of the commencement of this Ordin- ance to the Treasurer, who shall" and by the substitution therefor of the words "shall surrender the same to the Treasurer, within one month of coming into possession of the same, or within such further period as the Treasurer may allow. The Treasurer shall";

(ii) by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof :-

Provided that the Governor in Council may, by notification in the Gazette, suspend the operation of this section, in so far as it relates to Hong Kong subsidiary silver coin, and may by similar notification determine such suspension.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong this 30th day of December, 1936.

T. MEGARRY, Deputy Clerk of Councils.