A BILL
To
Amond 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.
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
5A. (1) The Chief Justice may, by notice magistrates. in the Gazette, appoint any permanent magistrate
of principal
to be a principal magistrate.
(2) A principal magistrate shall exercise
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 bection 44.
3.
Section 44 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
Repeal of Section 57.
4.
Section 57 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
repeal and
replacement
f section 92.
5.
Section 92 of the principal Ordinance is repealed
and replaced by the following new sections