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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH JUNE, 1893.

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Section 5.-The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved that this section be amended by striking out at the beginning thereof the words "the Registrar General who shall be ex officio the President and also."

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question put.

A division was taken when there voted

For the amendment.

The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Against the amendment.

The Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.

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HO ΚΑΙ.

J. J. KESWICK.

The Harbour Master.

The Director of Public Works.

The Colonial Treasurer.

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The Registrar General.

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The Attorney General.

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The Colonial Secretary.

The amendment was lost by a majority of 7. Bill reported with other amendments. Council resumed.

BILL ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA MASONIC BENEVOLENCE FUND."-Owing to the absence, through indisposition, of the Honourable C. P. CHATER, the second reading of this Bill was further postponed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 19th instant, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 19th day of June, 1893.

ARATHOON SETH,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 237.

The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 19th June, 1893.

DRAFT BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance concerning Statutory Declarations purporting to be made by virtue of the provisions of the Act 5 and 6 William 4th c. 62.

WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament made and passed

in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth intituled "An Act to repeal an "Act of the present Session of Parliament intituled 'An "Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths and Affirma- "tions taken and made in various Departments of the State "and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof and for the "more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial "Oaths and Affidavits' and to make other provisions for "the abolition of unnecessary Oaths" but now known as "The Statutory Declarations Act 1835," after reciting that it might be necessary and proper in many cases not therein specified to require confirmation of written instruments or allegations or proof of debts or of the execution of deeds or other matters it was enacted (amongst other things) that it should and might be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, Notary Public or other officer then by law authorised to administer an oath, to take and receive the declaration of any person voluntarily making the same before him in the form in the Schedule thereto annexed, and that if any declar- ation so made should be false or untrue in any material particular the person wilfully making such false declaration should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour; And whereas it has been the practice for Justices of the Peace and others in the Colony to take and receive declarations purporting to be made by virtue of the provisions of the said Act;

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

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