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3. All matters begun before the commencement of this Application Ordinance shall be beard and determined in accordance of Ordinance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

to current matters.

Objects and Reasons.

One object of this Bill is to enable a Full Court of two judges to dispose of all incidental matters relating to applications for leave to appeal to His Majesty in Council, including such matters as the adjournment of an applica- tion. This is necessary on account of the fact that one of the judges who constitute the Full Court of three judges does not reside in the Colony. The actual hearing of the appeal will as before have to come before a Full Court of three judges, except in the case dealt with in the next paragraph.

The other object of the Bill is to provide that the Full Court may in any case consist of only two judges if in the opinion of the judge whose judgment or order is being appealed from, and in the opinion of the two other judges, the presence of the judge whose judgment or order is being appealed from is unnecessary. This provision could be utilised in order to prevent the congestion of work which might occur during a long session of a Full Court of three judges.

A BILE

INTITULED

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General,

An Ordinance to amend further the Trading

with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914.

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

struction.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Trading with Short title the Enemy Third Amendinent Ordinance. 1915, and shall and con- be read and construed as one with the Trading with the Euemy Ordinance, 1914, hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance, and with the Trading with the Enemy Amend- ment Ordinance, 1915, and with the Trading with the Enemy Second Amendment Ordinance, 1915.

2. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended as Amendment follows:-

of Ordinance No. 25 of

(i.) By the insertion of the following sub-section 1914, s. 3.

after sub-section (2) thereof :-

"(3.) Where it appears to the Goveruor—

war

(a) in the case of a firm, that one of the partners in the firm was im- mediately before or at any time since the commencement of the present a subject of, or resident or carrying on business in, a state for the time being at war with His Majesty; or in the case of a company, that one-third or more of the issued share capital or of the directorate of the company immediately be- fore or at any time since the commencement of the present war was held by or on behalf of

4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 87. s. 2 (2).