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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 17, 1907.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court Short title. Validating Ordinance 1997.

orders etc. of

2. All acts orders rulings decrees judgments and sent- Legalization ences, done, pronounced, given, made, delivered, passed by of judgmen's the said ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire while purporting A. G. WISE as aforesaid to hold the office of Judge of the Supreme Court Esquire of this Colony from and including the 25th day of June from 25th 1902 down to the commencement of this Ordinance shall June 1902 to have and shall be deemed to have had at all times and for Commence-

ment of all purposes the same force validity and effect as if his said this office of Puisne Judge had never been avoided as aforesaid. Ordinance.

3. No proceedings of any kind civil or criminal shall Indemnity, be brought or commenced for or by reason of or in respect of any such act, order, ruling, decree, judgment, or sentence done pronounced, given, made, delivered, or passed by the said ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire while purporting to hold the office of Paisne Judge as aforesaid of the Supreme Court of this Colony against the said ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire: nor for, or by reason of, or in respect of, anything done or purported to be done under any such net, order, ruling, decree, judgment, or sentence, as aforesaid against any other person, which proceedings could not have been brought or commenced it his said office of Puisue Judge had never been avoided as aforesaid by the said ALFRED GASCOYNE Wise Esquire: and the said ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire, and any person by whom anything has been done or purported to be done as aforesaid shall be and are hereby declared to be freed acquitted discharged and indemnified as well against the King's Most Gracious Majesty His Heirs and Successors as against all and every person or persons whomsoever, in respect of all such matters as aforesaid, but, to the same extent only and in like manner as if the said office of Puisne Judge had never been avoided as aforesaid.

4. The pension of the said ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Pension Esquire as such Paisue Judge shall be deemed to have and salary, continued to accrue and his salary as such Paisne Judge shall be deemed to have continned to be due and all pay- ments of such salary made up to this date to have been lawfully made in like manner as if his said office of Puisne Judge had never been avoided as aforesaid.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange

Ordinance, 1885.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof. ns follows:--

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Ex- Short title change (Crossed cheques) Amendment Ordinance, 1907, and

and shall be read and coustrued as one with the Bills of construction. Exchange Ordinance, 1885, hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance.

2. Section 82 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Amendment amended by the addition at the end of such section of the of section 82 following proviso :-

of the Principal Ordinance. (6 Ed. VII c. 17).

Provided always that a banker shall be deemed Proviso. to receive payment of a crossed cheque for a Customer's customer within the meaning of this section account may notwithstanding that he credits his customer's account with the amount of the cheque before receiving payment.

Objects and Reasons.

The object of this Bill is to remove the liability of a banker who credits his customer's account with the amount of a crossed cheque before receiving payment thereof.

H. H. J. GOMPERTZ,

Attorney General.

be credited before payment of cheque received.

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