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ORDINANCES Nos . 7 AND 8 OF 1857. 383


Evidence. Rating-Amendment.


10. The word ' Witness ' in this Ordinance shall extend to every person whose "Witness '
defined.
acknowledgment, answer, plea, deposition, affidavit, or other declaration upon oath,
either viva voce, in writing, or upon record, may be taken or might have been taken
but for this Ordinance.

11. All acts heretofore done, which if done after the passing of this Ordinance, Retrospective.
or during the time when the Ordinance No. 15 of 1856 was in force, would have
been legally done, or which were legally done during the time last aforesaid, are hereby
made legal and valid for all purposes soever.




[All repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1889. ]




No. 8 of 1857.


An Ordinatice for amending Ordinance No. 3 of 1851 .

[ 15th July, 1857. ]

E it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the
:-
BRadvice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say -

1. Ordinance No. 3 of 1851 , section 1 , is hereby amended, by expunging the Ordinance No. 3
of 1851 , s. 1,
amended.
words, " in the Month of January in each Year," and inserting in lieu of them the
words, " at any time or times between the first day of October and the thirty-first
day of December both inclusive in each Year ; " and by expunging the words " during
such month of January," and inserting in lieu of them the words, " at any time or
times between the said days both inclusive, in the year immediately preceding ; " and
by expunging the words " then current year," and " such current year," and inserting
lieu of them the words, " year to which such notice relates ."

2. In every reprinted copy of the said Ordinance, the amendments hereinbefore Future re
printed copies
specified shall be accordingly made : And it shall not be afterwards necessary to print of the Ordinance.
or reprint this Ordinance.




[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1863. ]