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-668 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1929.

HONG KONG.

No. 32 or 1929.

I assent.

L.S.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

Short title.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1900, s. 2 (a), and substitu- tion of new paragraph.

20th December, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the Arms and Am-

munition Ordinance, 1900.

[20th December, 1929.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. Paragraph (a) of section 2 of the Arms and Am- munition Ordinance, 1900, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted therefor :-

(4) Ammunition includes-

(2) every shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade, or projectile, whether con- taining any explosive or gas or chemical or not, and whether intended to be dis- charged from or by any gun or other propelling or releasing instrument or mechanism or not, except hand grenades which can be used only for the purpose of extinguishing fires;

(7) every part of any such shell, cart- ridge case, bomb, hand grenade or pro- jectile, whether such shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade or projectile may have been completely formed at any time or not;

(i) every fuse, percussion cap, or priming cap which could be used for the purpose of exploding any shell, bomb, hand grenade or other projectile;

(r) every bullet or cartridge clip;

(r) an explosive when enclosed in any ease or contrivance, or otherwise adapted or prepared so as to form a cartridge, charge, or complete round of small arms, cannon, or any other weapon, or to form any tube for firing explosives, or to form a detonator, a projectile, or other contri- vance than a firework, which can be used either singly or in suitable combinations, as, or in connection with, a missile ;

(i) everything which may be declared by regulation made by the Governor in Council to be ammunition.