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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1887.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 13.

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The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held yesterday, are published for general information.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 15th January, 1887.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain enactments which have ceased to be in force or have

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become unnecessary.

HEREAS with a view to the Revision of the Statute

Law and in particular to the preparation of a. Revised Edition of the Ordinances now in progress, it is expedient that certain enactments (mentioned in the Schedule to this Ordinance) which may be regarded as spent or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repcal or have by lapse of time and change of circumstances become unnecessary or as to which doubts have arisen whether the same have been expressly and specifically repealed, should be expressly and specifi- cally repealed; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Statute Law Revision Ordinance, 1887.

2. The enactments described in the Schedule to this Ordinance are hereby repealed subject to the exceptions and qualifications in the Schedule mentioned.

Provided that where any enactment not comprised in the Schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived or perpe- tuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, cou- firmation revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Ordinance ;

And the repeal by this Ordinance of any enactment shall not affect any enactment in which such enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;

And this Ordinance shall not affect the validity, invaty, effects or consequences of anything already done or suffered or any existing status or capacity, or any right or title already acquired or accrued, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty; claim or demand or any indemnity or the proof of any past act or thing;

Nor shall this Ordinance affect any principle or rule of Law or Equity or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure or existing usage, liberty, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office, appointment, payment, allowance, or emolument notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed, recognized or derived by in or from any enactment hereby repealed;

Nor shall this Ordinance revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, duty, drawback, fee, payment, liberty, custom, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, pro- cedure or other matter or thing ng now existing or in force.

SCHEDULE.

(Compare 38

39. V. c. 66.

Short Title, (38 & 39, V. c. 66, 8. 4.)

Enactments

in schedule repealed.

(38 & 39, V. c. 66, 5. 1.)

No.

of 1849. No. 5 of 1852. No. 1 of 1854.. No. 3 of 1854..

.The whole.

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.In part; namely:

So much as relates to 6 and 7 Vic. c. 34.

No. 1 of 1855. No. 2 of 1855.. No. 1 of 1856. No. 7 of 1856.

So much as relates to 8 and 9 Vic.

No. 14 of 1856, No. 15 of 1856 No. 2 of 1857

c. 48; 17 and 18 Vic. c. 25,

.The whole.

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声明

..In part; namely:

c. 16; 15 and 16 Vic.

The whole.

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