No. 1392 Thursday, 22nd February, 1945 197 CONTENTS Page BILL PUBLISHED FOB INFORMATION Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Bill, 1945 - - - 199 ORDINANCES CONFIRMED Confirmation of Ordinances Nos. 26 and 27 of 1944 - - - 201 GOVERNMENT NOTICES Obituary - - - - - - 201 ׳ - - - - Appointments, etc. - 201 Session of Court of Criminal Assize - - - - 201 List of Advocates and Persons permitted to practise before Moslem Religious Courts ־ who paid their Annual Practising Fees 202 Person inscribed on the Roll of Advocates - - - - 213 Medical Licence cancelled - - • - - - 213 Land Valuers' Licences—Examination of Candidates for - - - .. 213 Sale of State Domains—Cancellation of Notice - - - - 213 Private Telegrams to Forces Addresses - - • - 213 Palestine Post Office Savings Bank Deposit Books lost - - - 213 School Fund Receipts lost - - - - - 213 ־ Claims for Mutilated Currency Notes - - - 214 ־ Tenders and Adjudication of Contracts - - - 214 Citation Orders - - - - - - 215 Court Notice - - - - - - 217 217־ - - - Notice of the Execution Office, Tel Aviv RETURNS Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of the Municipal Corporation of Tel Aviv - - - - 218 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1944, of the Municipal Corpora­ tion of Tel Aviv - - - - - 219 Loans Statement as at 31st March, 1944, of the Municipal Corporation of Tel Aviv - 220 Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of the Municipal Corporation of Tulkarm - - - - 221 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 194:4, of the Municipal Corpora- . .tion of Tulkarm - - - - - - 222 Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of Qalqiliya - - - - - 223 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of Qalqiliya - . - - - - - 224 Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of the 1 Local Council of Nahariya - - - ' - - 225 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of ־ ־ - - - Nahariya - 226 Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of- the ־ - - - Local Council of Kefar 'Atta 227 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of Kefar 'Atta - - - - - - 228 Summary of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of Bira - - - - - 229 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1944, of the Local Council of ־ ־ - - Bira - 230 ־ - - - Sale of-Unclaimed Goods - 231 Quarantine and Infectious Diseases Summary - - - - 231 NOTICES REGARDING COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES, BANKRUPTCIES, INCORPORATION OF COMPANIES, ETC. 231 (Continurd) PRICE : 75 MILS. CONTENTS. Page ' (Continued) SUPPLEMENT No. 2. The following subsidiary legislation is published in Supplement No. 2 which forms part of this Gazette: — Notice under the Defence (Military Commanders) Regulations, 1938, appointing Military Commanders of the Area comprising Lydda and Gaza Districts, and of the Area comprising Jerusalem District - - - - - 147 Notice under the Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appoint­ ing an Officer to be Official Member of the Executive Council of Palestine - 147 Order No. 9 of 1945, under the Defence Regulations, 1939, amending Orders No. 88 of 1940 and No. 28 of 1941, whereby Parts of certain Buildings at Haifa were ordered ־ - - - to be used as Public Shelters - 147 Trans-Jordan Frontier Force (Proficiency Pay, Trade Pay, and Good-Conduct Badges and Pay)' (Amendment) Rules, 1945, under the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force Ordi­ ־ - - - ־ ־ nance, 1940' 148 Vesting Order No. 177, under the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1939, revoking Vesting Order No. 78 in so far as it concerns the Property of a certain Person -: 148 Vesting Order No. 178, under the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1939, vesting ־ - certain Property in the Custodian of Enemy Property - 149 Jerusalem (Municipal Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1945, under the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1934 - - - - - 149 Municipal Corporations (Municipal Auditor's Fees) Order, 1945, under the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1934 - - - - - 150 Local Councils (Municipal Auditor's Fees) Order, 1945, under the Local Councils Ordi­ nance, 1941 - - - - - 150 Local Councils (Kfar Saba) (Amendment) Order, 1945, under the Local Councils Ordi­ ־•..- - nance, 1941 - - - •151 Notice under the Rent Restrictions (Dwelling-Houses) Ordinance, 1940, nominating cer­ tain Persons to be eligible to act as Chairman and Members of a Rents Tribunal ׳ ־ ־ ־ - ־ in Lydda District , 152 Notice under the Sharia Courts Pensions Ordinance, 1934, adding the Name of a Person. to the Second Schedule to the Ordinance - - - - 153 Urban Property Tax (Rates of Tax) Order, 1945, under the Urban Property Tax Ordi­ ־ ־ ־ - nance, 1940 - - 153 Intoxicating Liquors (Manufacture and Sale) (Variation of Excise Duty) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1945, under the Intoxicating Liquors (Manufacture and Sale) ־ ־ Ordinance - - 153 Matches Excise (Variation of Excise Duty) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1945, under the Matches Excise Ordinance - - - - ' - 154 Haifa Municipal Commission (Authorisation of Loan) Order, 1945, under the Muni­ cipal Corporations Ordinance, 1934 - - . - - - 154 Notice under the Land (Acquisition for Public Purposes) Ordinance, 1943, regarding ־ the Acquisition of certain Lands for Public Purposes - - 154 Notice under the Press Ordinance, granting a Permit to publish a Newspaper - 155 Notice under the Press Ordinance, regarding a Change in a Permit to publish a News-' ~ ־ ־ - ־ paper Notice under the Press Ordinance, granting a Permit to keep a Printing Press - 155 Notice under the Town Planning Ordinance, 1936, granting Authority to put into Force a Detailed Scheme within the Jerusalem District Regional Town Planning Area - 156 Notices under the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Ordinance, 1939, re­ garding the Seizure and Forfeiture to the Government of Palestine of Goods imported contrary to the Licensing of Imports Order, 1939, and of Goods intended to be ex­ ported contrary to the Licensing of Exports Order, 1940 - - - 156 Notice of Posting of Schedules of Rights to Land in Es Sumeiriya Village, under the . Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance - - - - 157 Defence (Control of Scrap Metal) (Maximum Prices of Reconditioned Scrap Metal) ־ Amendment) Notice, 1945, under the Defence (Control of Scrap Metal) Order, 1942 157) Food Control (Fresh Fruits and Fresh Vegetables) (Amendment) Order, 1945, under the Food Control Ordinance, 1942 - - - - . , - •158 Defence (Amendment) Regulations, 1945, under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, ־ and 1940 - - - - - 158 1939 Notice under the Department of Labour Ordinance, 1943, appointing certain Persons to be Inspectors for the Purposes of the Ordinance - 159 The following DRAFT ORDINANCE is made public prior to enactment in accord•: ance with Article I7(l)(d) of the Palestine Order in Council, 1922, as,amended by Article 3 of the Palestine {Amendment) Order in Council, 1923. G. T. FARLEY (F/27/43) Clerk to the Advisory Council. DRAFT. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BILLS OF EXCHANGE ORDINANCE. BE IT ENACTED by the High Commissioner for Palestine, with the advice of the Advisory Council thereof : — 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Exchange (Amend• Short title. ment) Ordinance, 1945, and shall be read as one with the Bills of Ex• Cap. 10. change Ordinance, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Ordin• ance". 2. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended by the Amendment of addition thereto, immediately after subsection (2) thereof, of the fol• section 15 of the lowing subsection:— principal Ordinance. • •"(3) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude the drawer of a bill, or any indorser, from inserting in a separate document any stipulation which under subsection (1) he may insert in such bill, and if he inserts such a stipulation in a separate document the pro• visions of subsection (2) shall apply to such stipulation as they apply to a stipulation inserted in such bill, save that they shall operate only as between the parties to such separate document." 3. Section 53 of the principal Ordinance shall be repealed and the Repeal and re• following section substituted therefor : — placement of "Funds in hands 53. A bill, by itself, does not operate as an assign• section 53 of the principal drawee. or ment of funds in the hands of the drawee available Ordinance. for the payment thereof, and the drawee of a bill who does not accept as required by this Ordinance is not liable on the instrument." 4. Section 57 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended by the Amendment of repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution for that subsection section 57 of the of the following subsection : — principal "(2) An aval may be written on the bill or given by a separate Ordinance. document, and is created by the expression bon pour aval or any equivalent expression followed by signature: in default of a state• ment on whose account it is given it is deemed to be given for the maker, if the bill is a promissory note, and for the drawer, if the bill is not a promissory note." 5. Section 72 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended by the Amendment of repeal of subsection (5) thereof and the substitution for that subsection section 72 of the of the following subsection : — principal Ordinance. "Due date. (5) Where a bill is drawn in one country and is