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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1939.

No. 708.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.

26th Jugust, 1939.

R. A. C. NORTH.

Colonial Secretary.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

THE 25TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1939.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of section four of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, it is provided that This Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of that Act other than that section shall extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the Order—

(a) to the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands, (b) to Newfoundland or any colony,

(c) to any British protectorate,

(d) to any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty, and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and

(e) (to the extent of His Majesty's jurisdiction therein) to any other country or territory being a foreign country or territory in which for the time being His Majesty has jurisdiction:

NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty in pursuance of sub- section (1) of section four of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939.

2.-(1) In this Order unless the context otherwise re- quires-

(a) the expression "territory includes the territorial waters, if any, adjacent thereto, and any dependency thereof;

(b) the expression “Governor in relation to any territory includes any person administering the Government of the territory, and, in the case of Zanzibar, means the British Resident or the person lawfully discharging his functions.