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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 8, 1912.

officers shall be styled Assistant Registrars' and where any act is authorised or required by this Ordin- ance to be done by a registrar' it may be done by the Registrar or by any Assistant Registrar."

8. 4 (1) shall be replaced by the follow- ing:-

"District registers of births and deaths for Chinese shall be kept at such police stations as may be approved by the Gov- ernor as register offices, and the officers in charge of such stations shall be assistant registrars in respect of all births and deaths of Chinese occurring within the districts, assigned by the Registrar under section 7 (2), where such police stations are situate."

in s. 4 (2),

for "the registrar'

there shall be read "the assistant re- gistrar".

in s. 6 (1),

for "Registrar General "

there shall be read "Registrar "

for from "for making" to "according to " there shall be read "of births and re- gister books of deaths in

and after "schedule

""

there shall be inserted "which he shall supply to the assistant registrars".

in s. 7,

for from "The Registrar General" to "authorised and "

there shall be read "Every assistant registrar".

""

for "which may happen within his dis- trict or districts, or place, or village after this Ordinance has come into operation

there shall be read "which happens within the district assigned to him by the Registrar"

for "fee or reward"

any fee".

there shall be read " The section shall be numbered sub-s. (1), and the following sub-s. shall be added:-

"(2) The Registrar shall assign dis- tricts to the assistant registrars, and the limits of such districts shall be notified in the Gazette."

in s. 8 (1),

the words "within 7 days" shall be placed before to give ".

6.

for "presence of the Registrar General or registrar"

there shall be read "presence of such registrar".

in (2),

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for to the Registrar General or registrar such information "

there shall be read "such information to a registrar".

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