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ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1857. 369


Imperial Acts Extension.


No. 3 of 1857.

An Ordinance for extending to this Colony certain Acts of Par
liament.
[ 14th February, 1857. ]
E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong
B
kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner
-
following, that is to say :
1. The Enactments of the Imperial Parliament specified in the sche Extension of
Enactments.
dule hereunto annexed are hereby, and from the day of the passing hereof,
extended to this Colony and its dependencies , and to the Supreme Court
of the same ; with such exceptions as are specified in the said schedule.

2. Rights acquired , liabilities incurred , and acts done , at or before Rights ac
quired, &c.,
the passing of this Ordinance, shall not be affected by the said Enactments , not to be
affected.
or any of them.

THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS .

Title or Subject- matter How much of the Act is extended by
Date of Act. of Act. this Ordinance.


19 & 20 Vict. c. 25. An Act to amend the The whole of the Act.
Law relating to Drafts
on Bankers.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. An Act to repeal certain The whole of the Act.
Statutes which are not
in use .
19 & 20 Vict. c. 94. An Act for the uniform The whole of the Act (except in so far
Administration of In as it may be deemed to affect the customs
testates ' Estates. or usages of Chinese people, touching
the distribution of the personal estate
of Chinese persons dying intestate ) .
19 & 20 Vict. c. 97. An Act to amend the The whole of the Act.
Laws of England and
Ireland affecting Trade
and Commerce .
19 & 20 Vict. c. 113. An Act to provide for So much ofthe Act as is not now in force
taking Evidence in Her within this Colony and its dependen
Majesty's Dominions cies, with the exception of the proviso
in relation to Civil and contained at the end of section 6.
Commercial matters
pendingbefore Foreign
Tribunals.
19 & 20 Vict. c . 120. An Act to facilitate The whole of the Act except so much
Leases and Sales of thereof as relates to copyhold and cus
settled Estates. tomaryhold estates, and also except
sections 30, 31 , 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46.


[ So much as relates to 19 and 20 Vict. c. 25 repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1860
and by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887. So much as relates to " The Mercantile Law
Amendment Act 1856," repealed by Ordinance No. 13 of 1864. So much as relates
to 19 and 20 Vict. c. 113 repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1889. ]