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21.
Section 49 of the principal Ordinance is repealed by clause 26. This conferred unusually vide powers of search and entry on police
officers and it is now considered that the powers conferred by the
Police Force Ordinance and at common law should prove sufficient. It
is replaced by a section in auch narrower teras, empowering members of
Her Majesty's forces and police officers, in specified circumstances,
to require a person to identify himself,
22
Clause 27 adds a new section 50A, which makes it an offence
for a person to obstruct a member of Her Majesty's forces, a member of
the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force or any other person acting under 2
power or duty conferred or imposed on them by the Ordinance,
In Hong
Kong, military personnel in times of disturbance work in conjunction
with the police and it is considered desirable that they should have a
measure of protection from obstruction.
23.
Clause 28 makes a consequential amendment to the City Hall
Ordinance.
Attorney General.