Hong Kong Ordinances

REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS ORDINANCE 1965 - SECT 4

Power of commissioner to omit

(1) In the preparation of the revised edition, the commissioner shall have
power to omit-

   (a)  all Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, which have been expressly
        repealed or which have expired or have become spent or have had their
        effect;

   (b)  all repealing provisions contained in Ordinances and all tables and
        lists of repealed Ordinances, whether contained in Schedules or
        otherwise;

   (c)  all preambles to Ordinances, where such omission can, in the opinion
        of the commissioner, conveniently be made;

   (d)  all provisions prescribing the date when an Ordinance or part of an
        Ordinance is to come into operation, where such omission can, in the
        opinion of the commissioner, conveniently be made;

   (e)  all amending Ordinances or parts thereof, where the amendments
        effected thereby have been embodied by the commissioner in the
        Ordinance to which they relate; and

   (f)  all enacting clauses.

(2) Any Ordinance or part thereof omitted from the revised edition in exercise
of the powers conferred by subsection (1) may be proved by the production of
any copy thereof by which the same could have been proved before the
effective date.