STATUTE LAW PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1886

STATUTE LAW PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1886

ORDINANCE NO. 16 OF 1886.

Statute Law Preservation

AN ORDINANCE for presrving an authentic record of the
ordinances of the colony and for other purposes. [12th January, 1887]

WHEREAS a collection of the ordinances of the colony from the
commencement thereof down to and inclusive of ordinance no.30
of 1886, partly composed of original ordinances and partly of copies
in print and manuscript, has been made by and under the direction of the
commissioners appointed by the governor for the revision of the ordinances,
and deposited for safe custody with the registrar of the supreme
court, and it is expedient to make provision in respect thereof and for
the recording of all future ordinances and of all proclamations in relation
thereof and of all rules, regulations and orders made under or in pursuance
of such ordinances;
be it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice
of the legislative council thereof, as follows:-


1. this ordinance may be cited as the statute law preservation
ordinance, 1886.
2. the collection of the ordinances so deposited as aforesaid is hereby
declared and shall be taken to be a true and authenitic record of the
ordinances therein comprised, as if they were all original ordinances
duly authenticated under the hand of the governor for the time being
and the seal of the colony.
3. from and after the commencement of this ordinance, this and all
ordinances, on receiving the assent ofthe governor, and all proclamations
relating thereto, and all such rules, orders, and regualtions as
aforesaid, immediately after they have been made by the governor, shall
be transmitted by the clerk of councils, certified under the hand of the
governor and the seal of the colony, to the registrar of the supreme
court, for record; and such ordinances, proclamations, rules, orders,
and regulations shall be demed and considered in the colony to be the
originals thereof and may be proved in any court or judicial proceedings by
the production of an examined copy thereof or of a copy certified
under the hand of the said registrar.
4. the said registrar shall carefully preserve the said collection, and
shall file all such ordinaces, proclamations, rules, orders, and regulations
as may hereafter be trasmitted to him.
5. any such ordinances, proclamations, rules, orders, or regulations
published in the gazette, and also any copies htereof purporting to be
printedby the government printers by authority, shall be deemed and
accepted as prima facie evidence of the contents thereof.
6. any person shall be entitled to inspect the said ordinances within
the office hours of the supreme court on payment of twenty-five cents
for each inspection not exceeding three hours, and to take copies or
extracts therefrom on payment of twent-five cents per folio of seventy-
two words for each copy or extract.
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 31 of 1886. See also Ordinance No. 12 of 1900. Short title. Specified collection of Ordinances to form and authentic record of such Ordinances.
Recording of future Ordinances, etc. See Colonial Rules and Regulations. r. 181.
Preservation of collection, etc.
Evidence of Ordinances, etc.
Right of inspection, etc., of Ordinances.

A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 31 of 1886. See also Ordinance No. 12 of 1900. Short title. Specified collection of Ordinances to form and authentic record of such Ordinances.
Recording of future Ordinances, etc. See Colonial Rules and Regulations. r. 181.
Preservation of collection, etc.
Evidence of Ordinances, etc.
Right of inspection, etc., of Ordinances.

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