THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1914.
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The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Orders so that the Bil might be read a second and third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Attorney General then addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Mr. HEWETT addressed the Council. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to :-----
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La section 4, sub-section (e), the commas and words ", or of any surety of such com- pradore," were inserted after the word "trade in the ninth line, the words ". any such com- pradore or were inserted after the word "discharge" in the twelfth line, and the words
or obligation were inserted after the word "liability" in the fourteenth line.
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Section 5 was deleted and the following substituted therefor :-
5. Sub-section (8) of section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended as Amendment
follows:
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of Ordinance No. 28 of
(a.) by the insertion of a comma after the word "proceed- 1914, s. 5 (8).
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ings and by the insertion of the words "except pro- ceedings in bankruptcy against an alien enemy" between the word "proceedings" and the word “which in the first line thereof;
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(b.) by the insertion of the words "by or against such alien enemy" between the word "brought" and the word. "in in the second line thereof.
Amendment
of Ordinance
Section 9 was deleted and the following substituted therefor :-
9. Section 6 of the Principal Ordinance is amended as follows:
(a.) by the substitution of the word " "formerly" for the No. 28 of
word "previously" in the third line of sub-section (1); (b.) by the repeal of sub-section (3) and by the substitution
therefor of the following sub-section :---
" (3.) If
any person acts in any way for any
former principal of such alien enemy, or corresponds or deals with any person with whom such alien enemy formerly had trade relations, he shall be presumed to be carrying on the trade formerly carried on by such alien enemy, unless he shall prove to the satisfaction of the magistrate or the court or the jury as the case may be (a) that such trade was bona fide assigned or parted with or abandoned by such alien enemy before the 5th August, 1914, or (b) that he has bonâ fide established new trade relations with such principal or person without the intervention or assistance of such alien enemy and that he is not trading in any way on account of or for the benefit of any alien enemy."
1914, s. 6.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee with amendments 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.
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