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Short title.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899,

s. 39 (14).

Suspending clause,

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A BILL

INTITULED

No. 36-15.10.36.-1.]

An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,

1899.

Br 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 Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1936.

2. Sub-section (14) of section 39 of the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the addition of the words", without the written permission of the Harbour Master" after the word "inclusive" at the end thereof.

3. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is His Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation.

Objects and Reasons.

1. Under section 39 (14) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899 no junk except a licensed fishing junk may leave any anchorage or attempt to leave any port at night.

2. The object of clause 2 of this Bill is to enable the Harbour Master to give written permission to other junks to leave at night. This is considered necessary especially in order to facilitate the movements of authorised sand junks.

3. Clause 3 is the suspending clause usual in Ordinances relating to Merchant Shipping.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

October, 1936.