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BILL

Short title.

Interpreta-

tion of terms.

Frovision for printing amend- ments, etc.

ENTITLED

An Ordinance for promoting the General Revi- sion of the Law by repealing certain enactments which have ceased to be in force or have be- come unnecessary, by amending certain other enactments which stand in urgent need thereof, and by incorporating certain amending Ordin- ances in their respective principal Ordinances.

WHEREAS with a view to the revision of the of the Statute Law of the Colony, and particu- larly to the improvement of the New Edition of Laws authorised by Ordinance No. 19 of 1911, it is expedient, in accordance with the provisions of section 6 (4) of that Ordinance, that the repeal of the whole or of any considerable part of certain Ordinances which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary should be collected into one Ordinance; And Whereas as many of the Ordinances now in force stand in urgent need of amendment, it is expedient, in order to avoid a multiplicity of small Ordinances being presented to the Legislative Council, that such amendments should also be collected into one Ordinance ; And Whereas it is expedient more completely than at present to incorporate many of the amending Ordinances now in force into the body of their respective principal Or- dinances; And Whereas it is convenient that the repeal, amendments and incorp rations aforesaid should be combined into one Ordinance for the General Revision of the Law :--

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 General Revision Ordinance, 1911.

2. In this Ordinance, expressions similar in form to the following-

"No. 1 of 1844"

indicate an Ordinance of the year re-

ferred to therein together with its serial number;

and

* sec- sub-

and the letters and words "s.", "ss.", "sub-s.”, “sub-ss.” indicate the words tion", "sections", "sub-section sections", respectively;

and the marginal notes indicate the principal Ordinance affected by the sections to which they relate.

3. In all editions of the Laws of Hongkong hereafter to be printed the provisions of the Or- dinances which are hereby repealed shall be omitted, and the provisions which are hereby amended shall be printed as so amended, and the said Ordinances shall be construed and en- forced accordingly.