582160-1940-Minutes--No-7 — Page 4

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 21, 1940.

9. The Attorney General moved :-

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That the amendment made by the Urban Council under section 4 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, on the 7th day of May, 1910, to the by-laws under the heading "Domestic Cleanliness and Prevention of Disease" and the sub-heading Restrictions on Sale of Certain Food-stuffs" in Schedule A to that Ordinance be approved.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

10. Trade Boards Bill.--The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide machinery for fixing minimum wages, determining normal working hours, and fixing overtime rates in trades where the wage standards are unreasonably low." The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

11. Advertisements Regulation Amendment Bill.--The Attorney General addressed

the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled

to amend the Advertisements Regulation Ordinance, 1912.”

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

'An Ordinance

12. New Territories Regulation Amendment Bill.--The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to amend the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

13. Defences (Sketching Prevention) Amendment Bill-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to amend the Defence (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance, 1895." The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

14. Prevention of Eviction Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to amend the Prevention of Eviction Consolidation and Amendment Ordinance 1939."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of so much of the Standing Orders as stood in the way of the passing through all its stages at the meeting of the Prevention of Eviction Amendment Bill.

The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill.