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DIEU DROIT




HONGKONG ,


ANNO NONO



VIC TORIÆ
VICTORIÆ REGINE.


No. 2 of 1846.


Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superinten-
dent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of
the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to amend the Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, entitled Title.
" An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 15 of 1844, for the Establish-
"ment of a Supreme Court ofJudicature at Hongkong, and to substitute
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other Provisions in lieu thereof."
[ 6th May, 1846. ]


WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the said Ordinance No. 6 Preamble.
of 1845, by making Provisions for the saving of all Proceedings and
all Suits formerly depending in the Court of Hongkong, the Abolition
of which Court is effected by the Second Section of the said Ordinance ;
as also with Reference to the Fourth Section of the said Ordinance,
by limiting the Operation, in this Colony, of the Laws of England
and the Practice of the English Courts to such Laws and Practice as
existed when a Local Legislature was first conferred on the said
Colony : And whereas also it is deemed advisable to reserve to the
Legislative Council of the said Island, the Power of Revising and
Approving of the Rules and Orders to be made under the Twenty-
third Section of the said Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 , before the same
shall become binding ; and to Repeal the Twenty-ninth Section of
of the said Ordinance, constituting a Local Court of Error and
Appeal :


I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the 29th Section of Or-
Governor of Hongkong with the Advice of the Legislative Council dinance
repealed.No. 6 of 1845
thereof, That from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the said
Twenty-ninth Section of the Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 shall be, and
is hereby repealed.
II.