- (r) to make such adaptations of or amendments to any Ordinances as may appear to be necessary or proper as a consequence of any change in the constitution of Her Majesty’s dominions; and
- (s) to do all things relating to form and method which appear to him to be necessary for the perfecting of the revised edition.
Mode of dealing with omissions or amendments not authorized by sections 4 and 5. 6. (1) If the commissioner considers it is desirable that in the preparation of the revised edition there should be omissions or amendments other than those authorized by sections 4 and 5, the same, although not in pari materia, may be combined in one or more Ordinances.
(2) If such Ordinance or Ordinances are enacted prior to the effective date, then—
- (a) the commissioner shall, in the preparation of the revised edition, give the like effect to such omissions or amendments as if they had been authorized by section 4 or 5; and
- (b) if as a result of any such omission or amendment any Ordinance or part thereof has been repealed or has expired or become spent or had its effect, such Ordinance or part shall be omitted from the revised edition.
Contents of the revised edition. 7. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 4 and subsection (2) of section 6, the revised edition shall include all unrepealed Ordinances enacted before the 1st day of January, 1965, and may contain such Ordinances enacted after such date as the commissioner may think fit to include therein.
(2) Each Ordinance shall form a separate Chapter.
(3) The Chapter number or the number and year, whichever the commissioner considers appropriate, of the principal Ordinance and of each incorporated Ordinance and the number and year of each amending Ordinance shall be set out in the margin at the beginning of each Chapter.
(4) The commencement of each principal Ordinance shall be set out immediately below the long title.
Method of compiling the revised edition. 8. The commissioner shall cause the revised edition of every Ordinance to be published in the form of one or more separate booklets each of which shall contain—
- (a) on the front page thereof the expressions—
- (i) “Laws of Hong Kong”; and
- (ii) “Revised Edition 1964, Printed and Published by the Government Printer, Hong Kong”; and
