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Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted. Unclassified.
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In Confidence
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CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT Saving Despatch
Type 1 +
17/E
From
To:-
Governor,
HONG KONG.
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Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Your Saving Despatch No. 4 of 3 January.
Public Order Ordinance.
I am
We are grateful for the considerable extent to which the draft Bill enclosed with your Saving Despatch meets the various criticisms levelled at
the Public Order Ordinance, 1967. The matters
raised in your paragraph 2, together with certain
other points, are dealt with below. References are
to existing sections of the Ordinance and to para- graphs of your Attorney-General's comments on the
Suggested
ted/Alternative Para
e Paragraph 2
2.
Section 2: (paragraph 3)
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I am not altogether convinced of the necessity for including
the words "or suitable" in the definition of "offensive weapon"
although I fully appreciate the reasons for the views that you
If adhere to these views I would
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hold on this matter. I should be grateful if you would consider
invite you to discuss
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whether it would not be more appropriate to adopt the definition-
used in the United Kingdom Prevention of Crime Act 1953,
It is driparted suggested that this particular point might best be dealt with in-
discussion with Lord Shepherd during his forthcoming visit to
Hong Kong.
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