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21.
Section 49 of the principal Ordinance is repealed by clause 25. conferred
This contained unusually wide powers of search and entry on police officers
and it is now considered that the powers conferred by the Police Ordinance
and at common law should prove sufficient.
22.
Clause 26 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 a power or
duty conferred or imposed on them by the Ordinance. In Hong Kong military
personnel in times of disturbances work in conjunction with the police
and it is considered desirable that they should have a measure of protection
from obstruction.
23.
Clause 27 repeals section 47 of the Trade Union Registration
Ordinance, the substance of which is now contained in subsection (1) of
the new section 27.
Attorney General.