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5. Of these new sections, sections 6 and 7 set out the persons to whom Part II will apply, namely male British subjects between the ages of 18 and 55 years; section 7 pro- vides for the exemption from the provisions of this Part of persons of Chinese race, members of the fighting and police services and such other persons as the Governor in Council may exempt.
6. New sections 8 and 9 provide for the making, veri- fication and correction of returns in a specified form.
7. New section 10 provides that the Governor in Council may apply section 2, sub-sections (2). (4) and (5) (b), of the principal Ordinance (which require a report of change of address to be made at police headquarters) to persons required to register under Part II.
8. Clause 5 of the Bill renumbers sections 6, 7 and 7A of the principal Ordinance as amended by Ordinance No. 11 of 1938, as sections 11, 12 and 13 and clause 6 repeals sections 8 and 9 of the principal Ordinance.
9. Clause 7 of the Bill adds a new Form No. 2 in the Schedule to the principal Ordinance, setting out the informa- tion and particulars required to be furnished in accordance with Part II.
10. Clause S of the Bill provides that the amendment Ordinance shall come into force on such date as the Governor by proclamation may appoint.
October, 1938.
J. A. FRASER,
Attorney General.
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