COLONIAL SURGEON'S (CHANGE OF NAME) ORDINANCE, 1897

COLONIAL SURGEON'S (CHANGE OF NAME) ORDINANCE, 1897

ORDINANCE NO. 5 OF 1897.

Colonial Surgeon's (Change of Name)

AN ORDINANCE to give Effect to the change in the name
and style of the office heretofore known as that of
the colonial surgeon.
[30th June,1897.]
WHEREAS the Governor has been pleased to direct that the officer
appointed to succeed the late colonial surgeon of this colony
shall be known as and styled ' The Principal Civil Medicall Officer,'
and it is expedient to give effect to such direction:
be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
and consent of the legislative council thereof, as follows:-
1. this ordinance may be cited as the Colonial Surgeon's (Change of
Name) ordinance,1897.
2. whenever, in any ordinance, of the Governor-in-council,
order of the Governor, rule, regulation , minute, by-law, deed, contract,
official letter, or other document, the expression 'colonial surgeon' occurs,
and, in order to give effect to such ordinance, order-in-council, order
of the Governor, rule, regulation, minute, by-law, or other document as
aforesaid, it is necessary to substitute the expression ' principal civil
medical officer,' such ordinance, order-in-council, order of the Gov-
ernor, rule, regulation, minute, by-law, and other document shall be
read and construed accordingly.
A.D. 1897. Ordinance No. 11 of 1897. Short title. Construction of Ordinances and other documents where expression 'Colonial Surgeon' occurs.

A.D. 1897. Ordinance No. 11 of 1897. Short title. Construction of Ordinances and other documents where expression 'Colonial Surgeon' occurs.

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