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C.S.O. 4090, 28.

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[No. 26:-18.11.30. - 1.]

A BILL

Short title.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 11 of 1899, s. 3 (4).

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend further the Piers

Ordinance, 1899.

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 Piers Amend- ment Ordinance, 1930.

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2. In sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Piers Ordi- nance, 1899, the words 'In the case, however, of a temporary pier, it shall be lawful" are deleted and the following words are substituted therefor :----

“It shall be lawful, however,”

Objects and Reasons.

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The provisions of section 3 (4) of the Piers Ordi- nance, 1899, which permit the Governor in Council to remit the whole or any portion of the rent of a pier is limited in terms to temporary piers. This has proved an embarrassing limitation in certain cases, especially in the New Territories, and is contrary to the spirit of the Crown Fees Ordinance, 1870 (Ordi- nance No. 5 of 1870) under which the Governor in Council is given a general discretionary power to reduce fees.

November, 1930.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

C.S.O. 3181/14 Part IV.

Short title.

Commence- ment.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 8 of 1921, Schedule, Hoading No. 10 (2).

[No. 27-20.11.30.-1.]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend further the Stamp

Ordinance, 1921.

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 Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1930.

2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1931.

3.-(1) Heading No. 10 (2) in the Schedule to the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, is amended in the third column by the deletion of the figure "5" and by the substitution therefor of the figure "10".

(2) Notwithstanding the requirement in the fourth column of the said heading, cheques stamped with an impressed and dated stamp of the value of five cents,