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Ord. No. 70/77
L.S.
LAW REVISION (MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS)
HONG KONG
No. 70 OF 1977
I assent.
DENYS ROBERTS,
Short title.
Repeals.
First Schedule.
Amendments. Second Schedule.
Acting Governor.
8th December 1977.
An Ordinance to repeal certain Ordinance and to make provisions
incidental thereto.
[9th December 1977]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1977.
2. The Ordinances specified in the First Schedule are repealed.
3. The Ordinances specified in the Second Schedule are amended in the manner specified therein.
FIRST SCHEDULE
REPEALS
[s. 2.]
Item
។
(Cap. 229.)
1. Vagrancy Ordinance.
(Cap. 313.)
2.
(Cap. 345.)
3.
(Cap. 1008.)
4.
Ordinance
Crown Lands Resumption (Chai Wan) Ordinance.
Defence (Finance) Regulations (Validation of Contracts) Ordinance. The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (Amendment of
Memorandum) Ordinance.
SECOND SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS
[s. 3.]
Item
Ordinance
(Cap. 132.)
1.
Public Health
and Urban Services
Ordinance
(Cap. 228.)
2.
Summary
Offences
Ordinance
Amendment
Section 144A is amended by deleting "Governor" and substituting the following-
"Authority".
The Ordinance is amended by adding after section 26 the following new sections-
"Punishment of person begging alms. [cf. 1824
c. 83, s. 3.J
26A. Any person who wanders abroad, or places himself or herself in any public place, street or water- way to beg or gather alms, or causes or procures or encourages any child