Mr Wilford
PS to Mr Royle
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LETTER TO MR ROYLE FROM JUSTICE
1.
The Secretary of the Council of JUSTICE, the British
Section of the International Commission of Jurists, has
written to the Minister for Overseas Development about
representations made by their Hong Kong Branch over recent
Bills in Hong Kong designed to give greater sentencing
powers to Magistrates' and District Courts.
2. We saw these Bills in draft form and they were shown
to the Legal Advisers.
3. The Governor warned us in his telegram number 568 that
the Hong Kong Bar Association was opposed to these Bills and
might make representations to the Secretary of State.
4.
I attach a draft acknowledgement from Mr Royle's Private
Secretary, together with a draft telegram to the Governor.
29 May 1973
cc:
Mr Rushford
R B Crowson
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department