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A BILL

ENTITLED

Short title.

Revenue

arrest with-

out warrant

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the powers of arrest of Revenue Officers.

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 Revenue Officers Power of Arrest Ordinance, 1913.

2. Any Revenue Officer may arrest without warrant Officers may any person found, or reasonably suspected of, committing or attempting to commit, or employing, aiding or assisting any person to commit any offence against, or of the unlaw- ful possession of article liable to forfeiture under, the

any provisions of any enactment mentioned in the Schedule.

in certain

cases.

Repeals.

3. Section 72 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911 and Ordi- nance No. 31 of 1912 are repealed.

Ordinance No.

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SCHEDULE.

1 of 1862-Military Stores (Prohibition of Exporta-

tion) Ordinance.

1 of 1873--Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

11 of 1886-Ships (Prohibition of Sale of Liquor)

Ordinance.

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2 of 1891-Gambling Ordinance.

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2 of 1900-Arms & Ammunition Ordinauce.

6 of 1900-Post Office Orlinance.

12 of 1908–Pharmacy Ordinance.

9 of 1911-Parts II and III, Liquors Consolidation

Ordinance.

11 of 1912–Foreign Copper Coin Ordinance.

Objects and Reasons.

The object of this Bill is to consolidate and amend the law relating to the powers of arrest of Revenue Officers. The powers of arrest enumerated in this Bill are already held by Revenue Officers with the exception of the power to arrest persons discovered committing offences against the provisions of the Post Office Ordinance which is here, as is desirable, added. It is more convenient that these powers of arrest should be contained in a single enactment.

JOHN A. BUCKNILL, Attorney General,

A BILL

Short title.

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Mercantile Bank

Note Issue Ordinance, 1911.

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 Mercantile Bank Note Issue Amendment Ordinance, 1913, and shall be read and construed as one with the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance) and this Ordinauce and the Principal Ordinance may be cited together as the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinances, 1911 and 1913.

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