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A BILL
To
ANNEX C TO XCC(74)40
Amend the Corporal Punishment Ordinance.
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 Corporal Punishment (Amendment) Ordinance 1974.
Amendment of section 3. (Cap. 222.)
2. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended
by inserting the following new subsection after subsection
(3) -
(Cap. 134.)
"(4) Without prejudice to subsection
(3), where any male person is convicted
by a court of any offence under section
8 or 36 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance,
which was committed whilst such person was
in the custody of the Commissioner of
Prisons, the Court may, in addition to
or in lieu of any other punishment for
such offence, sentence the offender to
be caned.".
Amendment of Schedule.
3. The Schedule to the principal Ordinance is
amended by inserting in Part I, after item 10, the
following new item
G. F. 323
"11.
Any offence against section 4,
(Cap. 134.) 5, 6, 7, 35 or 37 of the Dangerous Drugs
Ordinance."
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