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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 25, 1916. 103

No. 76. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 1 of 1916.-An Ordinance to amend the Societies Ordinance,

1911.

HONGKONG.

No. 1 OF 1916.

LS

I assent to this Ordinance.

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

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25th February, 1916.

An Ordinance to amend the Societies Ordi-

nance, 1911.

[25th February, 1916.]

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 Societies Amend- Short title ment Ordinance, 1916, and shall be read and construed as and con- one with the Societies Ordinance, 1911, hereinafter called struction. the Principal Ordinance, and this Ordinance and the said Ordinance may be cited together as the Societies Ordi- nances, 1911 and 1916.

2. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment the insertion after the eighteenth line thereof of the follow- of Ordinance ing :-

No. 47 of 1911, s. 2.

"(f.) any money loan association :".

3. No money loan association which was in existence Previously before or at the commencement of this Ordinance shall for existing any purpose whatsoever be deemed to be or to have been money loan

associations. at any time an unlawful society by reason only of anything contained in the Principal Ordinance: provided that noth- ing in this section contained shall affect any action which was begun before the commencement of this Ordinance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 24th day of February, 1916.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 25th day of February, 1916.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.