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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 21, 1916.

Now, therefore, I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, have thought fit, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, and in virtue. and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Ordinance, 1916, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

The said Ordinances and enactments shall apply in respect of the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List as if for references therein to trading with the enemy there were substituted references to trading with the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List, and for references to enemies there were sub- stituted references to those persons and bodies of persons, and for references to offences under the Trading with the Enemy Ordinances, 1914-1916, or under the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, or any of those Ordinances, there were substituted refer- ences to offences under the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Ordinance, 1916, and subject to the following exceptions and adaptations, that is to say:-

A. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914 :---- .

For the reference in section 2 to the 4th day of August, 1914, shall be substi- tuted a reference to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

B. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Ordinance, 1915:-

(1.) For the references in section 3 to the commencement of the present War, and to the 8th day of May, 1915, wherever such expressions respectively occur, shall be substituted references to the date of this Order, or in res- pect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

(2.) For the reference in section 4 to the passing of the Ordinance shall be substituted a reference to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List, and for the reference to hereafter in that section shall be substituted a reference to after the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to after the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

(3.) For the reference in section 5 to the 4th day of August, 1914, shall be sub- stituted a reference to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

C. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Second Amendment Ordi- nance, 1915:-

(1.) Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall not apply.

(2.) For the reference in section 8 to the commencement of the present War shall be substituted a reference to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

D. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Third Amendment Ordinance, 1915-

Sections 5, 6 and 7 shall not apply.

E. In the application of the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915:--

The references in the Order in Council made under the said Ordinance and published in the Gazette of the 7th January, 1916, to the law relating to trading with the enemy shall be deemed to include references to the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Ordinance, 1916.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

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COUNCIL CHAMBER,

20th July, 1916.