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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1912. 615
The Attorney General moved "the suspension of so much of the Standing Orders as may enable the Bill to pass through all its subsequent stages to-day ".
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a second time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
CHINESE MARRIAGE PRESERVATION BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Coun- cil and moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide punishment for certain persons found guilty of-adultery or of harbouring Chinese Married Women.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law with respect to vehicles and traffic.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to In section 3, the following sub-section, numbered (3), was inserted after sub-section (2) thereof:
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(3.) for regulating the use of vehicles, their equipment and apparatus ; Sub-sections (3) to (8) were re-numbered 4 to 9 respectively, and in sub-section (3), re-numbered (4), the word "public" before the word "vehicles" in the second line was deleted.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee with amendments and inoved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT.--The Council then adjourned sine die.
Read and confirmed this 19th day of December, 1912.
A. G. M. FLETcher,
Clerk of Councils.
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
No. 381.-His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
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Ordinance No. 41 of 1912.-An Ordinance to prevent the undue and improper interference with or hampering of lawful busi- ness and commercial undertakings.
Ordinance No. 42 of 1912. —An Ordinance to provide punishment for certain per- sons found guilty of adultery or of harbouring Chinese Married Women.
Ordinance No. 43 of 1912.-An Ordinance for effecting the final revision and
amendment of the Ordinances of the Colony from 1844 to 1912 inclusive before incorporating them in the New Revised Edition of the Laws of the Colony.
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