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Variations

between the Ordinances

of Hong- kong, 1844. 1923, and originals.

Ordinance No. 18 of 1923.

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(4) In so far as there are variations between the Ordin- ances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, and the aforesaid originals in the case of Ordinances passed up to the end of the year 1923, such originals shall be deemed to have been amended by, and such variations shall be deemed to have been authorised by, the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, Ordinance, 1923.

Proof of Ordinances.

Inspection of originals and Ordin- ances of Hongkong, 1844-1923.

Validity

and opera- tion of the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) and the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition).

(5) Subject to the provisions of section 11 (1), any original within the meaning of sub-section (2) and any Ordinance contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, may be proved respectively by a certified copy of such original and by a certified copy of such Ordinance as contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, or, by order of a judge, by production by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of such original or of such Ordinance as contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923. Subject, however, to any objection being taken, any such original or any Ordinance contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, may be proved by the production of a copy of the Gazette or of a copy of any collection of Ordinances, purporting to be printed by the Government Printers, containing a copy of such original, or of a volume of the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, purporting to be impressed on the title page thereof with the seal of the Colony, containing such Ordinance.

(6) Any person shall be entitled to inspect any such originals or the copy of the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844- 1923, during office hours on payment of twenty-five cents for each inspection not exceeding three hours, and to take copies or extracts therefrom for certification by the Registrar of the Supreme Court on payment of twenty-five cents per folio of seventy-five words for each copy or extract.

11. (1) From the date of each proclamation referred to in section 9 (2), the volume of the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) referred to in such proclamation shall be deemed to be, and shall be, without any question, in all courts and for all purposes whatsoever, the sole and only proper statute book of the Ordinances contained therein. From the date of the said proclamation, in so far as ther may be variations between the Ordinances contained in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) and the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923, or between the Ordinances contained in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition) and the originals preserved by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Ordinances passed between the commencement of the year 1924 and the end of the year 1936, the Ordinances contained in the Ordinances of Hongkong. 1844-1923, and the Ordinances passed during the said period shall be deemed to have been amended by, and such variations to have been authorised by, this Ordinance :

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the operation of any Ordinance which may be passed before the issue of such proclamation, for the repeal, alteration or amendment of any earlier Ordinance, after such Ordinance has been printed in the Ordinances of Hong Kong (1937 edition).