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A BILL
ANNEX B TO XCR (73)90
To
Amend the Magistrates Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
Addition of new section 5A.
(Cap. 227.)
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Magistrates
(Amendment) Ordinance 1973.
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by inserting
the following new section immediately after section 5 -
"Appointment
of principal
5A. (1) The Chief Justice may, by
magistrates. notice in the Gazette, appoint any permanent
magistrate to be a principal magistrate.
(2) A principal magistrate shall exer-
cise the same powers and perform the same
duties as are conferred or imposed by this
Ordinance or by any other law on a permanent
magistrate, in addition to such powers or
duties as may be conferred or imposed thereby
on a principal magistrate.".
Repeal of section 44.
3.
Section 44 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
Repeal of
4.
Section 57 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
section 57.