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“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air;

“alien” means any person who is not a British subject, a British protected person or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;

“amend” means repeal, revoke, cancel, add to or vary and the doing of all or any of such things simultaneously or by the same Ordinance or instrument;

“Attorney General” means the Attorney General of Hong Kong;

“British subject” means a person who is a British subject by virtue of any provision of the British Nationality Act 1948;

“Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of Hong Kong;

“Christian name” means any name prefixed or suffixed to a surname, whether received in Christian baptism or otherwise;

“City of Victoria” and “Victoria” mean the area within the boundaries specified in the First Schedule;

“Clerk of Councils” means the Clerk to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council and any person appointed by the Governor to be Deputy Clerk of Councils;

“coin” means gold, silver, bronze, cupro-nickel or other coin in use as legal currency in Hong Kong;

“Colony” and “Hong Kong” mean the area of land and the area of Deep Bay and Mirs Bay lying within the boundaries specified in the Second Schedule and the territorial waters appertaining thereto;

“Colonial Secretary” means the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong and the Deputy Colonial Secretary;

“commencement”, when used with reference to any Ordinance, means the date on which the Ordinance came or comes into operation;

“committed for trial”, when used in relation to any person, means—
 * (a) committed to prison with a view to his being tried before the Supreme Court; or
 * (b) admitted to bail upon recognizances to appear and stand his trial before the Supreme Court;

“common law” means the common law of England;

“consul” and “consular officer” mean any person, including the head of a consular post, recognized by the competent authority of the receiving state as entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions;

“contravene” in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any Ordinance or in any grant, permit, licence, lease or authority granted under or by virtue of any Ordinance includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition;