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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931.

C.S.O. 3211/1930

[No. 31-17.9.31.~1.]

W. PEEL,

Governor.

A BILL

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 2.

.Amendment.

of Ordinance

No. 9 of 1911, s. 41.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Liquors Consolida-

tion Ordinance, 1911.

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 Liquors Amendment Ordinance, 1931.

2. Paragraph (28) of section 2 of the Liquors Con- solidation Ordinance, 1911, is amended :-

(i) by the deletion of the word "intoxicating"

in the first line.

(ii) by the deletion of the word "twenty" in the second line and by the substitution therefor of the word " ten ".

3. Section 41 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordi- nance, 1911, is amended :—

() by the insertion of the words

J

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or spirituous

liquors after the word liquors" in the third line of sub-section (1).

(ii) by the deletion of the word "intoxicating "' in the first lines of sub-sections (2) and (3) and by the substitution in each case of the word

such ".

Objects and Reasons.

as

This Ordinance defines "Spirituous liquors meaning liquors containing more than ten per cent. of pure alcohol by weight; and is passed to enable duties to be charged on spirits which are used in toilet pre- parations and for other purposes, but which are not intended generally for use as beverages. section 2 (17) of the Principal Ordinance).

(Compare

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General,

September, 1931.