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APPENDIX A
Type 1 +
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HONG KONG
DRAFT PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BILL
Corruption exists in Hong Kong in all
walks of life. Public attention has particularly
concentrated on the Public Service though in the
majority of cases where corruption does occur the
faul is by no means on one side only.
2.
Present legislation (based to a large
extent on UK statutes) and the separate disciplinary
regulations to which civil servants are subject are
e felt to be inadequate in restraining corruption.
(Details of the reported incidents of corruption
during 1968-69 are at Annex A). A Working Party
found the existing legislation to be inadequate
especially in relation to:
3.
(a) powers of investigation into alleged
offences under the existing legislation;
(b) the difficulty of discharging the initial
burden of proof which lies on the pros-
ecution.
(c) provisions relating to the reception
by the Courts of the evidence of
accomplices.
The Working Party recommended the introduction
of new legislation (not the amendment of existing
legislation). A Bill for this purpose, drawing on
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