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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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3 Repeal
(1) The Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1930, the Motor Vehicles
Ordinance 1938, the Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1940 and the Motor
Vehicles Ordinance 1946 are repealed.
(2) The officers appointed under or by virtue of any repealed
Ordinance, and holding office immediately prior to the
commencement of this Act, shall remain in office as if this Act had
been in force at the time they were appointed, and they had been
appointed thereunder, and this Act shall apply to them accordingly.
(3) Any licence, copy of entries in the Register, or general identification
number issued, furnished or assigned under any repealed
Ordinance and held immediately prior to the commencement of this
Act, and any person and motor vehicle licensed or registered under
such Ordinance shall, during the subsistence of such licence or
registration be under and subject to this Act as if such licence or
registration had been granted under this Act:
Provided that any such general identification number shall be
deemed to be a motor vehicle trader's licence for the purposes of
this Act and this Act shall apply accordingly.
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