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10. The Registration of Persons Ordinance is hereby repealed:

Provided that—
 * (i) all persons registered or exempted, other than children under twelve years of age, under the provisions of that Ordinance shall be deemed to be registered or exempted under the provisions of this Ordinance which shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to all such persons;
 * (ii) all identity cards issued under the provisions of that Ordinance to persons so registered shall be deemed to be issued under the provisions of this Ordinance;
 * (iii) all acts done and all records kept under the provisions of that Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or kept under the provisions of this Ordinance;
 * (iv) the Governor may by order published in the Gazette, require by description, category or name all persons deemed to be so registered or exempted under the provisions of that Ordinance to register again in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and any regulations made thereunder;
 * (v) on the publication of any such order made under paragraph (iv) every person so described or named or being a person of a category so specified shall return his identity card issued under the provisions of that Ordinance and make application in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 8 to be registered under this Ordinance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 18th day of May, 1960.

(Secretariat DR D/RPO)