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"contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any enactment or in any permit, licence or authority granted under any enactment includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition; "Court" or "court" means the Supreme Court as well as any other court holden in the Colony; but in the absence of any words indicating a contrary intention the jurisdiction created by or referred to in any enactment shall be exercised only by the Supreme Court; 'Crown Agents' means the person or persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for the Colonies in England, or any one of them;

"daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor; "definition" means the interpretation given by an enactment to words or expressions;

"enactment" means any provision made by competent authority, in the Colony having the force of law and any part of such provision;

"Financial Secretary" includes Deputy Financial Secretary; "financial year" means the twelve months ending on the 31st day of March in any year;

"Gazette" means the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Supplement thereto, and includes the Hong Kong (British Military Administration) Gazette published on or between the 12th day of October, 1945 and the 1st day of May, 1946; "Government" means the Government of Hong Kong;

"Government Chemist" includes any chemist appointed by the Governor under the Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance;

"Government Printer" means the Government Printer of the Colony, and includes any printer purporting to be the printer authorized by Government to print enactments;

"Governor" means the Governor of Hong Kong and includes the officer for the time being administering the Government and also includes the Governor's Deputy exercising any power which he is duly appointed to exercise under the Royal Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, but

Schedule,
(Cap. 132.)

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"contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any enactment or in any permit, licence or authority granted under any enactment includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition; "Court" or "court" means the Supreme Court as well as any other court holden in the Colony; but in the absence of any words indicating a contrary intention the jurisdiction created by or referred to in any enactment shall be exercised only by the Supreme Court; 'Crown Agents' means the person or persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for the Colonies in England, or any one of them; "daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor; "definition" means the interpretation given by an enactment to words or expressions; "enactment" means any provision made by competent authority, in the Colony having the force of law and any part of such provision; "Financial Secretary" includes Deputy Financial Secretary; "financial year" means the twelve months ending on the 31st day of March in any year; "Gazette" means the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Supplement thereto, and includes the Hong Kong (British Military Administration) Gazette published on or between the 12th day of October, 1945 and the 1st day of May, 1946; "Government" means the Government of Hong Kong; "Government Chemist" includes any chemist appointed by the Governor under the Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance; "Government Printer" means the Government Printer of the Colony, and includes any printer purporting to be the printer authorized by Government to print enactments; "Governor" means the Governor of Hong Kong and includes the officer for the time being administering the Government and also includes the Governor's Deputy exercising any power which he is duly appointed to exercise under the Royal Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, but Schedule,(Cap. 132.) IOI Page 5Page 6
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Interpretation. "contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any enactment or in any permit, licence or authority granted under any enactment includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition; "Court" or "court" means the Supreme Court as well as any other court holden in the Colony; but in the absence of any words indicating a contrary intention the jurisdiction created by or referred to in any enact- ment shall be exercised only by the Supreme Court; 'Crown Agents" means the person or persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for the Colonies in England, or any one of them; "daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor; "definition" means the interpretation given by an enactment to words or expressions; "enactment" means any provision made by competent [CAP. 1 authority, in the Colony having the force of law and 28 of 1950, any part of such provision; "Financial Secretary" includes Deputy Financial Secretary; "financial year" means the twelve months ending on the 31st day of March in any year; "Gazette" means the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Supplement thereto, and includes the Hong Kong (British Military Administration) Gazette published on or between the 12th day of October, 1945 and the 1st day of May, 1946; "Government" means the Government of Hong Kong; "Government Chemist" includes any chemist appointed by the Governor under the Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance; "Government Printer" means the Government Printer of the Colony, and includes any printer purporting to be the printer authorized by Government to print enact- ments; "Governor" means the Governor of Hong Kong and includes the officer for the time being administering the Government and also includes the Governor's Deputy exercising any power which he is duly appointed to exercise under the Royal Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, but Schedule, (Cap. 132.) IOI Page 5Page 6
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Interpretation.

"contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any enactment or in any permit, licence or authority granted under any enactment includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition; "Court" or "court" means the Supreme Court as well as any other court holden in the Colony; but in the absence of any words indicating a contrary intention the jurisdiction created by or referred to in any enact- ment shall be exercised only by the Supreme Court; 'Crown Agents" means the person or persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for the Colonies in England, or any one of them;

"daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which

an offence is continued after conviction therefor; "definition" means the interpretation given by an enactment

to words or expressions;

"enactment" means any provision made by competent

[CAP. 1

authority, in the Colony having the force of law and 28 of 1950, any part of such provision;

"Financial Secretary" includes Deputy Financial Secretary; "financial year" means the twelve months ending on the

31st day of March in any year;

"Gazette" means the Hong Kong Government Gazette and any Supplement thereto, and includes the Hong Kong (British Military Administration) Gazette published on or between the 12th day of October, 1945 and the 1st day of May, 1946; "Government" means the Government of Hong Kong; "Government Chemist" includes any chemist appointed by

the Governor under the Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance;

"Government Printer" means the Government Printer of the Colony, and includes any printer purporting to be the printer authorized by Government to print enact- ments;

"Governor" means the Governor of Hong Kong and

includes the officer for the time being administering the Government and also includes the Governor's Deputy exercising any power which he is duly appointed to exercise under the Royal Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, but

Schedule,

(Cap. 132.)

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