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suggestion in para. 6 of your telegram
No.543 that, if the Clause arouses real
public
political objection, it could be dropped in
Committee.. They would wish to be kept in
touch with proceedings in Legislative Council
regarding the Bill.
h.
5. The remaining outstanding points in the
Bill have been discussed with your Attorney
General with the following results:
(a) Clause 2 - it has been agreed that
the definition of "public servant"
will require amendment (in relation
to Clauses 13 and 16).
(b) Clause 3 The scope of this clause
is such that, irrespective of the
innocence of motive, one commits à
crime if without the permission of the
Governor one does various acts which
are no more than ordinary incidents
of everyday life. However, the
clause is acceptable as it stands
provided that a general permission to
be issued by the Governor under its
terms can be satisfactorily drafted
to cover normal business transactions,
social occasions and ordinary gifts of
a personal nature between relatives
and friends.
Your Attorney-General
agreed to provide a draft of such a
we
permission, which would like to see
Ordinance is brought into force
before the Bill is enacted./
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