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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 13/70.
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HONG KONG
No. 13 of 1970.
C
L.S.
I assent.
D. C. C. TRENCH, Governor.
29th January, 1970.
An Ordinance to amend further the Corporal Punishment Ordin-
ance and to make other consequential amendments.
[30th January, 1970.]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Corporal Punishment (Amendment) Ordinance 1970.
Short title.
2. Sections 2 and 3 of the principal Ordinance are repealed Repeal and and replaced by the following-
"Interpre- tation.
Offences for which can- ing may be imposed on a male
person. Schedule.
Enforce- ment of sentence of corporal punishment.
2. For the purposes of this Ordinance, "Court" means the Supreme Court, the District Court and a magistrate.
3. (1) Where any male person apparently of or above the age of sixteen years is convicted by a Court of any offence specified in Part I of the Schedule, the Court may, in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment for such offence, sentence the offender to be caned.
(2) Where any male person apparently under the age of sixteen years is convicted by a Court of any offence specified in Part I or Part II of the Schedule, the Court may, in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment for such offence, sentence the offender to be caned.
(3) Where any male person apparently under the age of sixteen years is convicted by a Court of any offence other than an offence specified in Part I or Part II of the Schedule, the Court may, in lieu of any other punishment for such offence, sentence the offender to be caned.
3A. (1) Where upon conviction by a Court— (a) a person is sentenced to be caned; and (b) no term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen days is imposed on him,
replacement of sections
2 and 3. (Cap. 222.)
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