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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1884. 757

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 334,

The following Circular Despatch, accompanying a copy of the Imperial Act, 47 and 48 Vict., chap. 24, entitled An Act to amend the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act, is published for general informa-

tion.

By Command,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1884.

CIRCULAR.

DOWNING STREET, 23rd July, 1884.

SIR,--I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, and publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of the Imperial Act, 47 and 48 Vict., chap. 24, entitled An Act to amend the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

DERBY.

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

CHAPTER 24.

An Act to amend the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act.

[3rd July 1884.]

A.D. 1884.

WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the provisions of the Colonial Attorneys 20 & 21 Vict. c. 39. Relief Act as to certain colonies or dependencies:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

governor of

37 & 38 Vict, c. 41.

Vict. c. 39. 37 & 38

Governor, &c.

1. Upon application made by the governor or person exercising the functions of Extension of 20 & 21 any of Her Majesty's colonies or dependencies, and after it has been shown Vict. c. 41. to colony to the satisfaction of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, that on application of the system of jurisprudence as administered in such colony or dependency answers to and fulfils the conditions specified in section three of the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act, and also that the attorneys and solicitors of the superior courts of law or equity in England are admitted as attorneys and solicitors in the superior courts of law and equity of such colony or dependency, on production of their certificates of admission in the English courts, without service in the colony or dependency or examination, except in he laws of the colony or dependency in so far as they differ from the laws of England, Her Majesty may from time to time by Order in Council direct the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act to come into operation as to such colony or dependency, although persons *:::y in certain cases be admitted as attorneys or solicitors in such colony or dependency without possessing all the qualifications for admission or having fulfilled the conditions cified in the said section three, and thereupon, but not otherwise, the provisions of Colonial Attorneys Relief Act shall apply to persons duly admitted as attorneys solicitors in such colony or dependency after service and examination; that is to y no attorney or solicitor of any such colony or dependency shall be admitted as a iter of the Supreme Court in England unless, in addition to the requirements of the nial Attorneys Relief Act, he prove by affidavit that he has served for five years br articles of clerkship to a solicitor or attorney-at-law in such colony or dependency, passed an examination to test his fitness and capacity, before he was admitted an Morey or solicitor in such colony or dependency, and further that he has since been tual practice as attorney or solicitor in such colony or dependency for the period. Seven years at the least.

2. This Act may be cited as the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act Amendment Act, Short title.