303857-1941-Defence-Regulations-1940-Amendment-of-regulation-73 — Page 1

No. 587

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 16, 1941.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Emergency Powers (Defence), Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to this Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, and the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1940, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor amends regulation 73 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, by renumbering paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and inserting the following paragraph as paragraph (2)-—

(2) A competent authority, any person authorized by him in that behalf, and any person having the custody of an article produced for examination in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1). may for the purposes of such examination open any vessel, box, crate, wrapper or other container in which the article may be: Provided that, where practicable, a container so opened shall be closed again after such examination and a mark shall be affixed thereto denoting that it has been opened for examination.

Published by His Excellency's Command.

No. 588.

13th May, 1941.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Order.

I, the CONTROLLER OF TRADE, by virtue of the powers conferred on me by regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the approval of His Excellency the Governor hereby prohibit the import into this Colony, except by licence under my hand or under the hand of a public officer authorized by me in that behalf, of the commodities in the schedule to this order.

14th May, 1941.

E. W. HAMILTON,

Controller of Trade.

SCHEDULE.

Semi-manufactured iron and steel products, namely

Ingots billets blooms and slabs (excluding shell steel).

Plates, mediuin plates, angles. channels. tees. joists, piling sections, other sectional materials, rounds, rods, squares, hexagons,

747