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A BILL

[No. 14-28.6.38.—1.]

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Sand Ordinance, 1935.

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 Sand Amendment Short title. Ordinance, 1938.

2. The words "Controller of Stores" are substituted for Amendment,

of Ordin- the words "Director of Public Works" in the fourth and fifth

ance No. 50 lines of sub-section (1) of section 2 and in the seventh line of of 1935, sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Sand Ordinance, 1935.

3. The Sand Ordinance, 1935, is amended by the inser- tion, immediately after section 3 thereof, of the following new section:-

ss. 2 (1) and 3 (1).

New

section 3A

for Ordin-

ance No. 50 of 1935.

SA. The Controller of Stores and any public officer Arrest, authorized by him, either generally or specially, shall have power to arrest and detain any person whom he may have cause to suspect of having committed, or of being about to commit, or of intending to commit any offence against this Ordinance.

4. Sections 5 and 6 of the Sand Ordinance, 1935, are Repeal of repealed.

ss 5 and 6 of Ordinance No. 50 of 1935.

Objects and Reasons.

1. With the approval of the Secretary of State, in his despatch No. 108 of 28th April, 1938, a new department has been created to control Government stores of all kinds in the Colony, including sand, the collection and sale of which is a Government monopoly under the provisions of the Sand Ordin- ance, No. 50 of 1935.

2. In order to enable the Controller of Stores effectively to carry out his duties in relation to sund, clause 2 of this Bill substitutes the term "Controller of Stores" for "Director of Public Works" in sections 2 (1) and 3 (1) of the principal Ordinance.

3. Clause 3 of this Bill adds a new section 3A to the principal Ordinance empowering the Controller of Stores and any public officer authorized by him to arrest offenders, or intending offenders, against this Ordinance.

4. Clause 4 of this Bill repeals sections 5 and 6 of the principal Ordinance.

July, 1938.

J. A. FRASER,

Attorney General.