ANNEX C TO XCR(73)90
A BILL
то
Amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title and commence- ment.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal
Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 1973 and shall come into
operation on a date to be appointed by the Governor by
notice in the Gazette.
Addition of heading and
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding
sections 1091 after section 109H the following heading and sections - and 109J.
(Cap. 221.)
"Preventive Detention.
Preventive detention. [cf. 1948
109I. (1) Where a person who is not less
than 25 years of age -
C.58, s.21.7
(a) is convicted before a court of an
offence punishable with imprisonment
for a term of 2 years or more (here-
inafter referred to as "the present
offence");
(b) has been convicted on at least 3
previous occasions (whether before
or after the commencement of this
section) since he attained the age
of 17 of offences punishable with