"This Revised Edition of the Ordinances of the Colony of Singa-pore which consists of seven volumes of Ordinances and one volume of Imperial Legislation has been prepared by the Com-missioners named on the title page under the authority of the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance, 1951 (Chapter 1 of this Edition), and includes the Ordinances in force on the 1st day of May, 1955, with the exception of the Ordinances contained in the First Schedule to that Ordinance which have been omitted, for the most part, in view of their anticipated early repeal, replacement or expiration"--Preface of Vol. I.