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Ordinance No. 31 of 1911.

Competent authority.

Authorized officer.

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1940.

(4) The Interpretation Ordinance, 1911. shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations, and of any orders or rules made thereunder, as it applies to the interpretation of an Ordinance, and for the purposes of Part III of the said Ordinance, these regulations and such orders and rules as aforesaid shall be deemed to be Ordinances.

(5) Any reference in any document to these regulations or to any of them shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to these regulations or to that regulation, as amended by any subsequent regulations made under the Emergency Powers Order in Council, 1989, or any Order in Council made under subsection (1) of section four of the Emergency Powers Defence) Act, 1939.

3.-(1) The Competent Amhority shall be the person appointed by the Governor in writing for the purposes of all or any of the regulations in which such expression nceurs, and any person so appointed is in these regulations referred to as the Competen: Authority,

(2) Where the holder of a designated office has been appointed to be the Competent Authority, then, unless express provision is made to the contrary, the appointment shall be deemed to extend to the person for the time being performing the duties of the ollier designated.

4. An authorized officer " means any officer of police. and also the following persons-

(a) for the purposes of all or any of these regulations, my public officer authorized in that behalf by the Governor:

(b) for the purposes of all or any of these regulations. any person, or member of a class of persons. performing duties of a public nature, authorized in that behalf by the

Governor;

(e) for the purposes of regulations 7, 31, 82, 83, 85, 87, 38, 39, 59, 62, 74. 75. a person holding a commission in any of His Majesty's forces.

PART II.

Appoint

ment of

censor and censorship.

Censorship and the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications

and means of communication.

5. - - (1) The Governor may appoint a censor of postal matter and telegrams and such number of assistan: and deputy assistant censers as he shall think fit, and the word censor in these regulations includes any assistant censor so appointed

(2) The Governor may by warrant under his band authorize the Postmaster General and any person in charge of cable and radio stations to detain and produce to the censor all postal packets and telegrams coming into their possession either for transinission or delivery.

(3) The censor, or any person authorized by him, may open, examine, censor or detain either permanently or for so long a period as he may deem necessary any postal packet or telegram of any description whatsoever which may be in course of, or intended for, transmission to, from or through this Colony.

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