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8. Section 25 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1993, is of Ordinance amended by the substitution of the words "two hundred No. 16 of

and fifty dollars" for the words "twenty-five dollars" in the fourth and fifth lines thereof.

1903, s. 25.

Amendment of Ordinance

No. 16 of 1903, s. 26.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 16 of 1903, s. 27.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 16 of 1903, s. 28.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 16 of

1903, s. 29.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 16 of 1903, s. 30.

Retrospective effect. Ordinance No. 16 of 1903.

9. Section 26 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, is amended by the substitution of the words "two hundred and fifty dollars" for the words "fifty dollars line thereof.

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10. Section 27 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, is amended by the substitution of the words "two hundred and fifty dollars" for the words "two hundred dollars" in the sixth and seventh lines thereof.

11. Section 28 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, is amended as follows:-

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(a) by the substitution of the words "two hundred and fifty dollars for the words "one hundred dollars in the ninth and tenth lines thereof;

(b) by the substitution of the words "

excavated material" for the words "deposits deposit or or excavated materials " in the eleventh line thereof;

(e) by the substitution of the words "fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars" for the words fine of ten dollars' in the thirteenth line thereof.

12. Section 29 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, is amended by the substitution of the words "two hundred and fifty dollars for the words "one hundred dollars the last line thereof.

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13. Section 30 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1993, is amended by the substitution of the words "two hundred and fifty dollars" for the words "twenty-five dollars

the last line thereof.

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14.-(1) The amendments made in the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, by sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Ordi- nance shall have effect in respect of all water supplied by meter after the second quarter of 1929.

(2) Any regulation made under the Waterworks Ordi- nance, 1903, as amended by this Ordinance, may be made to take effect in respect of all or any water supplied by meter after the second quarter of 1929.

(3) In this section the word quarter with reference to any particular meter shall be construel as meaning the period between two consecutive readings of the meter in question as provided by any regulation made under the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, for the purpose of calculating the quarterly consumption.

Objects and Reasons,

1. The main object of this Ordinance is to facilitate the temporary abolition of what is known as the "free allowance of water. The abolition of the allowance" will actually be effected by regulation. The "free sole aim of this proposed legislation is to check consump- tion during the present very serious shortage of water.

2. Section 2 (a) (i) of the principal Ordinance refers to a quarterly allowance. This is the so-called "free allowance". Section 2 of this Ordinance substitutes the term "

quarterly amount" because "allowance" the present "free allowance and that is to be abandoned suggests temporarily.

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3. The principal Ordinance refers in various places to

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quarter". In practice this must mean the period between two consecutive meter readings as provided by