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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 11, 1913.

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section 4 of

2. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended Amend. by the deletion of the words " becoming insolvent shall be ment of "sold and applied toward such redemption as far as may be Ordinance

necessary but without prejudice to the rights of the holders No. 65 of "of such notes to rank with other creditors of the Company 1911. "against the assets of the Company" and by the substitu- tion therefor of the following words "being wound up such “securities shall be sold and the proceeds of sale, together "with any such coin as aforesaid, shall be applied so far as necessary towards the redemption of the notes outstanding. "Nothing in the foregoing provision shall prejudice tho rights of the holders of notes in the event of such proceeds "of sale, together with any such coin as aforesaid, proving to "be less than the face value of the notes outstanding, but if "such proceeds and coin amount to more than such face valuo

the difference shall be paid over to the Company,"

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Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 10th day of April, 1913.

R. II. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils,

Assonted to by Ilis Excellency the Governor, the th

day of April, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG.

No. 5 or 1913.

An Ordinance to amend the Vagrancy Ordi-

nance, 1897,

I assent to this Ordinance.

LS.

F. H. Mar, Governor.

[11th April. 1913.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vagrancy Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1913.

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2. Section 2 of the Vagrancy Ordinance, 1897, is hereby Amendment amendel by the deletion of the definition "Vagrant" and of section 2 by the substitution therefor of the following definition ;—

"Vagrant" means any person, other than a Chinese, found asking for alms or being without either employment or visible means of subsistence or being a prostitute, pro- vided however that no action shall be taken under the provisions of this Ordi- uance against any prostituto save under the authority of the Governor-in-Council."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 10th day of April, 1913.

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1897.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 11th

day of April, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

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