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or to any member of his family; or to a friend,
or to his property or business, if he gives
evidence in open court.
No-one is exempt from the operation of this
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Sarma Despatch No. 663 of 25"
4. In/November 1968 the Governor was
informed that the power of disallowance would
not be exercised in respect of the Ordinance,
but that it would be necessary for further
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Governor queried this discussion in demi-official correspondence;
and the subject was
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in discussions with Lord Shepherd and Nr. Noretion when they visited Hong Kong in June, 1969,
to make it clear that the powers conferred by
those sections did not extend to the clearing
of the court whilst the verdict was being
announced.
(b) section 123 (1) (a) should be amended by
the deletion of the words "or may be".
6. However, in his Saving Despatch No.1195 of the 6th of October 1969 (attached) the
Governor, whilst otherwise agreeing to the
amendments at paragraph 5 (a) and (b) above, was (for the reasons stated in paragraph 7 below) opposed to the amendment of Section 122 in accordance with paragraph 5 (a) above. Moreover, he asked (for the reasons stated in paragraph 8 below) that the introduction of
even those amendments mentioned above to which
he had agreed, should be deferred until such
time as the Ordinance might require amending
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