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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1920.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,

No. 536.---The following Order of His Majesty in Council, entitled the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, is published for general information.

The Order applies to Hongkong, and legislation will be introduced shortly for adapting the provisions of the Order to the circumstances of the Colony.

The Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, was published in the Government Gazette, of January 9th, 1920, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordinance No. 3 of 1920.

The Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 1920.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas in pursuance of the powers conferred on Him by the Treaty of Peace Act, 1919, (a) His Majesty in Council was pleased to make the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, and it is expedient that the said Order should be amended in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice of Ilis Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:-

1. The provisions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, set out in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be amended in the manner shown in the second column of that Schedule.

2. Paragraph (xvi) of Article one of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, shall have effect and shall be deemed always to have had effect as if for the proviso to that para- graph the following proviso were contained therein :-

"Provided that any particular property rights or interests so charged may at any "time be released by the Custodian acting under the general direction "of the Board of Trade from the charge so created."

3. This Order may be cited as the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920.

Article.

I (8)

SCHEDULE.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

Nature of Amendment.

For the words "this Act” there shall be substituted "this Order.”

At the end the following words shall be inserted :-

• The Clearing Office may make rules, subject to the approval of the President of the → Board of Trade, for prescribing the manner in which the powers and duties conferred

upon the Clearing Office by this Order shall be exercised.”

(a) 9-10 G. 5, c. 33.

(Ŋ) S.R. & O., 1919, No. 1517.

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