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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27тп AUGUST, 1864.

(3.) Whenever the preamble, the enacting words, and the matter of the first Section of any Ordinance are continuous and numbered as Section 1, to separate them thus:

Whereas, &c.

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:

1, &c.

(4.) Whenever there shall occur at or near the commencement of any Section the words: "And be it further enacted that," to omit such words,

(5.) Whenever in the Title, Preamble, or subsequent part of an Ordinance there occur unnecessarily the words: "within the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies," "in Hongkong," "of Hongkong," "within the said Colony," or words to the like effect, to omit such words.

(6.) Whenever a Section of any Ordinance is divided into Paragraphs to number such Paragraphs and enclose such number within brackets.

(7.) Whenever the words "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" or the like occur in any Ordinance, to omit the words "of the Supreme Court."

(8.) Whenever the words "the said," or "such" shall in any Ordinance unnecessarily precede words descriptive of any Court, Public Officer, or the like, to substitute therefor the word "the."

II. There shall be expunged from Section 7 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1844 the words following: "and any overplus of such last mentioned moiety or half part shall "be paid to the said Chief Magistrate for the purposes aforesaid."

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Part of Section 7 of re No. 8 of

1944, to be expunged.

71858 repeald, and Dir-

III. Ordinance No. 6 of 1858 is hereby repealed, and Ordinance No. 9 of 1357,, Ordinance No. 6 c Section 5 is hereby amended by inserting after the concluding words of the said Section dinance No. 9 of 1857 the words following, that is to say: "Provided always that the hours hereinbefore See. 5 amended. "specified in that behalf may be from time to time altered by His Excellency the "Governor in Executive Council, and every such alteration when so made shall be "forthwith notified in English and Chinese in the Hongkong Government Gazette."

Ordinance No. 7 of

dinance No. 8 of 1858,

IV. Ordinance No. 7 of 1859 is hereby repealed, and Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 Section 28 is hereby amended by substituting for the words: "he shall also if His Excel-1859 repealed, and Or- "lency in Council shall so decide, be deported to any place in the Chinese Empire or Sec. 28 amended. "elsewhere" in paragraph 9, the words following: "be deported to his native Country, "or with the consent of such offender, to any other place if His Excellency the Governor

shall so decide.”

V. Ordinance No. 7 1862 is hereby amended by inserting after Section 32 the Ordinance No. 7 of following new Section:

"XXXIII. The Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction shall frame Rules "and Orders for regulating the practice of the said Court, its times of sitting and "the forms of proceedings therein, and from time to time shall amend such rules, "orders and forms, and such rules, orders and forms or amended rules, orders and "forms certified under the hand of such Judge shall be submitted to the Chief "Justice who, if he shall think fit, shall submit the same to the Legislative Council "who may allow, disallow or alter the same, and the rules, orders and forms or "amended rules, orders and forms so allowed or altered shall, from a day to be "named by the said Council, be in force in the said Court;"

And also by renumbering the remaining Sections of the same Ordinance to the end beginning with Section 33 which shall be renumbered 34 and so on in due arithmetical order.

1862 amended.

VI. "The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864," shall be amended by inserting after "The Bankruptcy Section 190 the Words following:

Ordinance 1864” amended.

"As to Costs.'

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"CXCI. The Court may give Costs in all cases in which it shall appear right

"Court may give

costs."

“and just."