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Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of

1900, s. 2 (d),

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 Paragraph (d) of section 2 of the Arms and Am- munition Ordinance, 1900, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted therefor :---

and substitu- Exempted

tion of new person. paragraph.

(d)

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Exempted person Im3}]5--ས་

() every person in the uaval, military, air, volunteer and police forces, district watchmen. members of the volunteer reserve, and members of the police reserve, in respect of arms and ammunition used by them solely in connection with their

duties;

(i) commissioned officers in the army, navy and air forces, and the consular representatives de carrière of any foreign government;

(ii) public officers whose names are approved by the Governor and recorded in a list kept at the Colonial Secretary's Office;

(iv) any person to whom the Inspector General of Police shall have issued, in his discretion, a written letter of exemp- tion, any such exemption being confined in the discretion of the Inspector General of Police to any particular weapons or ammunition mentioned therein.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1900, s. 4,

5. Section 4 of the Arms and Anumuuuition Ordinance, 1900, is repealed and the following section is substituted' therefor

and substitu- Prohibition tion of new section.

arms or

4.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub- of carrying sections (2) to (1) inclusive, no person shall, or possessing except under and in accordance with a licence ammunition issued for the purpose under this Ordinance, without a carry or have in his possession or under his

control any arms or ammunition,

licence.

(2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any exempted person.

(3) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition which are in the posses- sion of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, or to any arms or ammunition which are the property of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, and which are duly in the possession or under the control of some person on behalf of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong with the knowledge and consent of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, as the case may be.

(4) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition on board any ship which in the opinion of the Governor, as certified by the Colonial Secretary, is a ship of war of any foreign state.

(5) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition consigned to some place outside the Colony and in transitu on any vessel as bonâ fide cargo and entered on the mainfest.

(6) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition in course of transhipment in unbroken packages from one vessel to another, if notice of such transhipment shall have been given to the Inspector General of Police at a reasonable time before such transhipment.

(7) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition which, having been im- ported, are in course of transhipment to the Government Gunpowder Depôt, or are being exported direct from the Government Gun- powder Depôt.

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