A BILL
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Amend the Public Order Ordinance.
ANNEX ↑ E'
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public
Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 1973.
Repeal and replacement
of section 33. (Cap. 245.)
2.
Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is
repealed and replaced by the following
"Possession of offensive weapon in public place.
33. (1) Any person who, without lawful
authority or reasonable excuse, has with him
in any public place any offensive weapon shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be sentenced
on summary conviction in the manner specified
in subsection (2).
(Cap. 226.)
(2) A person convicted of an offence
under subsection (1) shall
(a) if under the age of 14 years, be
dealt with in accordance with the
provisions of the Juvenile Offenders
-Ordinance;
(b)
if not less than 14 years of age
nor more than 16 years of age, be
sentenced