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Construc-

tion of references to former

editions of

Ordinances.

Place of this Ordin. ance in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition).

Repeal of Ordinances Nos. 18 of 1923 and

1 of 1926.

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(2) Subject to the provisions of section 8, each volume of the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) shall contain all the regulations made in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Ordinances contained in a corresponding volume of the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition), and from and after the date of any proclamation under section 9 (3) relating to such volume of the Regulations-~~-

(a) the volume shall for all purposes be deemed to con- tain all the regulations in force under and by virtue of the Ordinances in the corresponding volume of the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) on the 1st day of January, 1937;

(b) any regulations which, although in force in the Colony on the 1st day of January, 1937, under and by virtue of the said Ordinances, are not contained in the said volume of regulations, shall be deemed to have been repealed; and

(c) in so far as there may be variations between the regulations in force in the Colony on the 1st day of January, 1937, and the same regulations as printed in the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) the regulations in force on the ist day of January, 1937, shall be deemed to have been repealed and the regulations as printed in the said edition of the Regulations shall be deemed to have been substituted therefor.

12. Where in any existing enactment or in any existing document of whatever kind reference is made to an Ordinance which is affected by or under the operation of this Ordinance, such reference shall, where necessary and practicable, be deemed to extend and apply to the corresponding enactment as contained in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition).

13. This Ordinance shall be printed as the first of the Ordinances to be contained in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition).

14. The Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, Ordin- ance, 1923, and the Regulations Ordinance, 1926, are hereby repealed: Provided that this repeal shall not affect the validity of any Ordinance contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, or any regulation under any such Ordinance, until the Ordinance or regulation has been replaced by an Ordin- ance or regulation contained in a volume of the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) or of the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition) in respect of which a proclamation has been issued under section 9 (2) or section 9 (3).

Objects and Reasons.

1. The object of this Bill is to make provision for a new edition of the Ordinances of the Colony, to be known as "The Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 .edition)", and a collection of the Regulations of the Colony, to be contained in companion volumes to the Ordinances and published contemporaneously with them, under the title "The Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition)".