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[No. 41-9.10.39.-.1]

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A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the maintenance of reserve stocks of commodities which would be essential for the vital needs of the community during war or other public emergency; for the registration of importers of such commodities and for purposes incidental to or connected with the matters aforesaid.

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 Essential Short title. Commodities Reserves Ordinance, 1989.

2. In this Ordinance-

"Controller" means, in relation to foodstuffs, the Con- troller of Food, and in relation to other commodities, the Stores Controller;

"other public emergency" means any period, other than war, declared by Proclamation of the Governor to be a period of public emergency for the purposes of this Ordinance;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulation under this Ordinance;

"scheduled commodity" means any commodity described or specified in the Schedule for the time being in force;

"trader", when used in reference to any scheduled commodity, means any person who for the purpose of any trade or business carried on by him (whether as producer, wholesale or retail dealer, warehouseman or merchant) holds from time to time a stock of that commodity.

Interpreta-

tion.

3.-(1) The commodities for the time being specified in Essential the Schedule shall be deemed essential for the vital needs of commodities. the community during war or other public emergency.

(2) The Governor in Council may amend, vary, alter or add to the Schedule as the occasion may require whenever he deems it necessary to do so.

4. Adequate stocks and reserves of scheduled com- modities shall be provided and maintained for the supply of the needs of the community during war or other public emergency and it shall be the duty of the Controller to make all such arrangements and to take all such steps as may be necessary to secure that such stocks and reserves shall be available.

Schedule.

Power of Governor in

Council to amend Schedule.

Provision

of stocks and reserves

of scheduled

commodities.

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