996 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
Meaning of "statute" in future Ordinances.
Meaning of "commence-
legislature, all parts under the central legislature shall,
for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one colony;
(6.) The expression "British India" shall mean all terri- tories and places within Her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by Her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor- General of India;
(7.) The word "India" shall mean British India to- gether with any territories of any native prince or chief under the suzerainty of Her Majesty exercised through the Governor-General of India or through'any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor- General of India;
(8.) The word "Governor," when used with respect to Canada and India, shall mean the Governor-General and include any person who for the time being has the powers of the Governor-General, and, when used with respect to any other British possession, shall include the officer for the time being administering the govern- ment of that possession; and
(9.) The expression "colonial legislature" and the word "legislature," when used with reference to a British possession, shall respectively mean the authority, other than the Imperial Parliament or Her Majesty the Queen-in-Council, competent to make laws for a British possession.
15. In this Ordinance, and in every Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, the word "sta- tute" shall, unless the contrary intention appears, mean any Act of Parliament or Ordinance for the time being in force in this Colony, and shall include any Order of the Queen-in- Council, Order of the Governor-in-Council, rule, regulation, or by-law having for the time being the force of law therein.
16.-(1.) In this Ordinance, and in every other Ordi- nance whether passed before or after the commencement of ment" in past this Ordinance, the word "commencement," when used with reference to an Ordinance, shall mean the time at which the Ordinance comes into operation.
and future Ordinances.
Meaning of
writing" in past and future Ordinances.
Meaning of "or" and similar words iu future Ordinances.
Meaning of "statutory declaration" in past and future Ordinances.
Meaning of "service by post" in future Ordinances.
(2.) Where any Ordinance passed after the commence- ment of this Ordinance, or any order of the Governor-in- Council, order, warrant, scheme, letters patent, rules, regu- lations, or by-laws made, granted, or issued under a power conferred by any such Ordinance, is or are expressed to come into operation on a particular day, the same shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the previous day.
17. In this Ordinance, and in every other Ordinance whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, expressions referring to writing shall, unless the coutrary intention appears, be construed as including refer- ences to printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.
18. In this Ordinance, and in every Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance, the words "or," "other," and "otherwise" shall, unless the contrary inten- tion appears, be construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless the word "similar," or some equivalent expression, is added.
19. In this Ordinance, and in every other Ordinance whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, the expression "statutory declaration" shall, unless the contrary intention appears, mean a declaration made by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835, of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Statutory Declarations Ordinance, 1893.
20. Where an Ordinance passed after the commencement of this Ordinance authorizes or requires any document to be served by post, whether the word "serve," or the word "give," or "send," or any other word or expression, is used, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying, and posting a letter containing the document, and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
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