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"Person."
"Emigration officer."
Master."
Magistrate."
“Goods and chattels."
'Month."
"Public officer."
Computation of time.
Number and gender.
“Oath,” “swear," “affidavit.”
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1867.
Interpretation.
The word "Person" shall include body corporate.
The expression "Emigration Officer" shall include every person lawfully acting as emigration officer, emigration agent, or protector of emigrants in Hongkong.
The word "Master" shall include any person having charge of a ship or vessel other than Her Majesty's ships of war, the ships of war of any foreign nation and the hired armed vessels or transports in Her Majesty's service or the service of any foreign nation.
The word "Magistrate" shall mean either of the Police Magistrates.
The expression "Goods and Chattels" shall include money, bills, bonds, notes, and personal property of any kind or description whatsoever, except chattels real.
The word "Month" shall mean calendar month.
3. When reference is made in any Ordinance or Rule of Court to any public officer by the term designating his office, such term shall include the officer for the time being executing the duties of such office and such other officer as may from time to time be appointed to undertake any portion of such duties.
4. In all cases in which any particular number of days shall be prescribed or mentioned in any Ordinance or Rule of Court for the doing of any act or for any other purpose, the same shall be reckoned exclusive of the first and inclusive of the last day.
5. Unless the contrary shall be expressly provided or shall be implied from the context and general purview of the Ordinance or Rule of Court, words importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, shall be understood to include several matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, and females as well as males; and words importing the plural number shall be understood to apply to one matter as well as to more than one, and to one person as well as to more than one; and the words "oath," "swear," and "affidavit" shall include and apply to the affirmation or declaration of any person by law allowed to make an affirmation or declaration in lieu of an oath.
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"Person."
"Emigration officer."
Master."
Magistrate."
“Goods and chattels."
'Month."
"Public officer."
Computation of time.
Number and cender.
“Oath,” “swear," “‘affidavit.”
ORDINANCE No. 1 or 1867.
Interpretation.
The word "Person" shall include body corporate.
The expression "Emigration Officer" shall include every person lawfully acting as emigration officer, emigration agent, or protector of emigrants in Hongkong.
The word "Master" shall include any person having charge of a ship or vessel other than Her Majesty's ships of war, the ships of war of any foreign nation and the hired armed vessels or transports in Her Majesty's service or the service of any foreign nation.
The word "Magistrate" shall mean either of the Police Magistrates.
The expression "Goods and Chattels" shall include money, bills, bonds, notes, and personal property of any kind or des- cription whatsoever, except chattels real.
The word "Month" shall mean calendar month.
3. When reference is made in any Ordinance or Rule of Court to any public officer by the term designating his office such term shall include the officer for the time being executing the duties of such office and such other officer as may from time to time be appointed to under- take
any portion of such duties.
4. In all cases in which any particular number of days shall be prescribed or mentioned in any Ordinance or Rule of Court for the doing of any act or for any other purpose
the same shall be reckoned exclusive
of the first and inclusive of the last day.
5. Unless the contrary shall be expressly provided or shall be implied from the context and general purview of the Ordinance or Rule of Court, words importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, shall be understood to include several matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, and females as well as males; and words importing the plural number shall be understood to apply to one matter as well as to more than one, and to one person as well as to more than one; and the words "oath" "swear" and "affidavit" shall include and apply to the affirmation or declaration, of any person by law allowed to make an affirmation or declaration in lieu of an oath.
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