hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 174

36 COLONIAL ORDINANCES.


dication, Order for Discharge, or any other Rule, Order, or Proceeding.
of or in the said Court, or any Part thereof except as aforesaid.

Before whom Affi- LXV. And be it enacted and ordained , That all Affidavits to be
davits are to be sworn. used before the said Court, or any Officer of the said Court, or any
Examiner appointed as aforesaid under this Ordinance, shall and
may be sworn before the said Court, or any Commissioner appointed
by the said Court for the Purpose of taking Affidavits, or before a
Magistrate of the said Colony.

What shall be paid LXVI. And be it enacted and ordained, That the Sum of Three
for Insertion of Adver- Shillings and no more shall be paid to any Printer or Proprietor of
tisements.
any Newspaper for the Insertion of any Advertisement by this
Ordinance directed to be inserted in any Newspaper ; and all Printers
and Proprietors of Newspapers are hereby required to insert the
same, on Payment of the said Sum of Three Shillings for the Insertion
thereof, in such Form as the said Court shall from Time to Time
direct.

Power to Court, with LXVII. And be it further enacted and ordained , That the Chief
the AdviceCouncil,
gislative to Justice of the said Court may from Time to Time, with the Advice
of the Le-
makeRules and Orders and Approval of the Legislative Council of the said Island, make all
and settle Scale of Fees. such Rules and Orders as may be necessary for carrying this Ordi-

nance into Operation and Effect within the said Colony, as also from
Time to Time, with such Advice and Approval, to settle such Scale
or Scales of Fees and Charges as may seem expedient with relation
to the said Ordinance, and all Things and Acts to be done thereunder.

Construction of Or-
dinance. LXVIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That whenever
this Ordinance hath used Words importing the Singular Number or
the Masculine Gender it shall be understood to include several
Matters as well as one Matter, and several Persons as well as one
Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well
as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be
something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction .

Commencement of LXIX. And be it enacted and ordained, That this Ordinance
Act.
shall commence and come into Operation, as to all Matters not
otherwise provided for, on the First Day of June, 1846.

JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS
Governor, &c. &c.


Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 6th Day of May, 1846 .
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.