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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 19, 1912.

No. 4 of 1889, of which the said sections shall be sub-ss. (1), (2) and (3) respectively; in (2) for "anchors" there shall be read “ so anchors", and the words "contrary to the provisions of section 3 of this Ordinance" are repealed; and in (3) for “For the purposes of this Ordinance” there shall be read "In this section " ;

and

s. 5 of No. 4 of 1889 shall be renum-

bered s. 6.

36. The following amendments are made in No. 3 of 1899, No. 3 of 1890 (Magistrates) and the Ordinances amending the same:

(1.) ss. 36 and 37 of No. 2 of 1889 having been repealed by the Law Revision Ordinance, 1911, in order to avoid a repetition of the same provisions in that Ordinance and in No. 3 of 1890, the following amendments are made in s. 73 of No. 3 of 1890 :-

Sub-s. (2) shall end at the words "promise or threat"; after which the following shall be inserted as sub-s. (3) :

"(3.) Any statement which purports to

have been taken down and signed as provided in sub-section (2) shall be admissible in evidence against the ac- cused in any Court if it is produced out of the proper custody without further proof of the matters above mentioned, unless it is proved that such statement was not duly taken down or was not in fact signed by the Magistrate or officer aforesaid purporting to sign the same "; and the remainder of sub-s. (2), commencing with the word " Provided", shall be sub-s. (4).

(2.) In s. 57-

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(a.) the following words are repealed

Under this Ordinance or under

any other past or future Or- dinance or statute ",

not-

withstanding any enactment to the contrary in any past Ordinance or statute";

(b.) the following words shall be intro- duced at the commencement of the section

"Unless in any enactment it is

otherwise provided ";

(c.) after the word "imprisonment" there

shall be inserted-

"with or without hard labour,

which may be";

""

(d.) after the word "conviction there

shall be inserted the following:-

whether it be a fine or in respect

of the property the subject of the offence, or in respect of the injury done by the of fender ";

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