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(3) The Police Supervision Ordinance is amended by adding the following after item 14 in the First Schedule thereto—
 * “15. The Public Order Ordinance 1967—sections 27, 28, 29 and 30.”.

(4) Paragraphs (16), (20) and (21) of section 4 of the Summary Offences Ordinance are deleted and section 19 of the said Ordinance is repealed.

(5) Section 17 of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance is amended by deleting “so employed and while proceeding to and returning from duty,” and substituting the following—
 * “under training or performing any voluntary duty under section 18,”.

(6) Section 27 of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following—
 * 27. The Governor in Council may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the interests of public order so to do, by notification in the Gazette order the removal to the said central store of all arms and ammunition in the possession of any importers of, or dealers in, or vendors of arms or ammunition, or of such arms and ammunition only as, in the opinion of the Governor in Council are not in safe keeping or custody, or order the closing of all shops or stores where arms or ammunition are sold and the suspension of the sale of all arms and ammunition during the continuance in force of such notification.”.
 * 27. The Governor in Council may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the interests of public order so to do, by notification in the Gazette order the removal to the said central store of all arms and ammunition in the possession of any importers of, or dealers in, or vendors of arms or ammunition, or of such arms and ammunition only as, in the opinion of the Governor in Council are not in safe keeping or custody, or order the closing of all shops or stores where arms or ammunition are sold and the suspension of the sale of all arms and ammunition during the continuance in force of such notification.”.

(7) The City Hall Ordinance is amended—
 * (a) by deleting the definition "public meeting" in section 2 thereof and substituting the following—
 * “public meeting” means any gathering or assembly of persons convened or held for any purpose, but does not include any meeting exclusively for the purposes of any public body;";
 * (b) by deleting subsection (4) of section 6 and substituting the following—
 * “(4) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in derogation from the provisions of any other law requiring the licensing of public meetings.”.

(8) The Public Order Curfew (Consolidation) Order is amended by deleting the second sentence in paragraph 2.