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Short title.

Substitution for Ordin-

ance No. 6

of 1887,

s. 4 (5).

Ordinance No. 41 of 1935.

Ordinance

No. 16 of 1914.

A BILL

INTITULED

[No. 17:-6.6.36.-1.]

An Ordinance to amend the Jury Ordinance, 1887.

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 Jury Amendment Ordinance, 1936.

2. Paragraph (5) of section 4 of the Jury Ordinance. 1887, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted therefor

(5) persons duly registered as or deemed to be medical practitioners under the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1935, persons duly registered as dental surgeons under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914, members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain, and persons holding the diploma of such British or foreign veterinary institution or examining body as may be approved by the Governor.

Objects and Reasons.

1. Paragraph (5) of the principal Ordinance, No. 6 of 1887, exempted from Jury service persons entitled to practise medicine and surgery under the Medical Registration Ordin- ance, 1884, and persons entitled to practise dentistry under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914.

2. The effect of this amending Ordinance will be to limit the exemption, in case of persons practising medicine or surgery, to persons duly registered or deemed to be medical practitioners under the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1935, (which replaced the 1884 Ordinance), and, in the case of dental practitioners, to persons duly registered as dental surgeons under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914, and also to extend the exemption (on the lines of section 13 (2) (c) of Ordinance No. 9 of 1916) to members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain and persons holding the diploma of such British or foreign veterinary institution or examining body as may be approved by the Governor.

June, 1936.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.