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Mr. Carter
Lord Shepherd agrees with the action proposed. But he has one reservation. He is not happy with the inclusion of the words "or suitable" in the definition of offensive weapon. He wonders whether it would not be more appropriate to use the definition used in the Prevention of Crime Act 1953. (See below).
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(C. H. Godden) 9 May 1969
Mr. Gammara
weapon" follows the U.I. defintion
i
or
suitable
The Hong Kong definition of "offensive
bat adds
The words
for Cansing injury.
with
The intention of
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bottles and cargo hooks which
t
OY
"adapted for
catching such dayects as
are neither
"1
made
for causing injury
use" for this purpose
but which
were
commonly used
by
The communists for offensive purp
Je $
in 196
1967.
Subject to legal adrbers' views
2.
my conclusion is
that the win. definition cannot meet Hong Kong's purposes. On the face of it the phrase "adapted for use" requires some element of physical adaptation
or conversion
of a perfectly irinacent object into some sort of weapon
(e.a
१.
a sharpened file). But if it can be
construed