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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1941.

"Governor in relation to any territory, means the person administering the Government of the territory or, in the case of Zanzibar, the British Resident or the person law- fully discharging his functions;

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'Colonial forces" means, in relation to any territory, any naval, military, or air forces raised in the territory, in- cluding any police force or other body raised therein which, by virtue of any law in force in the territory, has become a naval, military or air force; and "colonial force" includes any body, contingent or detachment of any colonial forces, wherever serving:

Provided that where any colonial forces or force raised in one territory shall be present in some other territory, such forces or force shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to have been raised in that other territory.

(2) Any power conferred by the provisions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Order, as applied by this Order, to make an Order in Council or an Order shall be construed as includ- ing a power to revoke or vary the Order in Council or Order.

Vict. c. 63.

(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the inter- 52 & 53 pretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3. This Order may be cited as the Allied Forces Short title. (Application of Acts to Colonies, &c.) (No. 1) Order, 1941.

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Rupert B. Howorth.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Aden (Colony and Protectorate).

Bahamas.

Barbados.

Bermuda.

British Guiana.

British Honduras.

Ceylon.

Cyprus.

Falkland Islands.

Fiji.

Gambia (Colony and Protectorate).

Gibraltar.

Gold Coast---

(a) Colony.

(b) Ashanti.

(c) Northern Territories.

(d) Togoland under British Mandate.

Hong Kong.

Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman

Islands).

Kenya (Colony and Protectorate).