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660 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1864.


Revision of Ordinances.


(2. ) Whenever by reason of the omission of the preliminary
part of an Ordinance it shall not appear by whom the enactment

was made, to insert the words : "Be it enacted by His Excellency

the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows :"

(3. ) Whenever the preamble, the enacting words, and the matter
of the first section of any Ordinance are continuous and numbered
as section 1 , to separate them thus :

Whereas , & c.

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hong
kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof as
follows :

1. & c.

(4. ) Whenever there shall occur at or near the commence
ment of any section the words : " And be it further enacted that,"
or words to that effect, to omit such words.

(5. ) Whenever in the title, preamble, or subsequent part of an
Ordinance there occur unnecessarily the words : " within the Island

of Hongkong and its dependencies , " "in Hongkong," " of Hong

kong," " within the said Colony," or words to the like effect , to omit
such words.


(6. ) Whenever a section of any Ordinance is divided into para
graphs, to number such paragraphs and enclose such number within
brackets .


(7. ) Whenever the words " Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "
or the like occur in any Ordinance, to omit the words " of the Su
preme Court," or the like.


(8. ) Whenever the words " the said , " or " such " shall in any
Ordinance unnecessarily precede words descriptive of any Court,

public officer, or the like , to substitute therefor the word " the. ”

Part of sec 2. There shall be expunged from section 7 of Ordinance No. 8 of
tion 7 of Or
dinance No. 1841 the words following : " and any overplus of such last mentioned
8 of 1844, to
be expunged . moiety or half part shall be paid to the said Chief Magistrate for the
purposes aforesaid," and there shall be inserted in lieu thercof the words