A BILL

To

Enclosure No. 4

Amend the Summary Offences Ordinance.

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 Summary Offences (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1977.

2.

Section 6A(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Amendment of after "dollars" the following-

"in the case of a first offence, and to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months in the case of a second or subsequent offence".

Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to increase the penalty for touting in the case of second and subsequent offences under section 6A of the Summary Offences Ordinance to a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for 6 months. A person convicted of a first offence will continue to be liable to a fine of $1,000.

section 6A.

(Cap. 228.)

G. C. THORNTON,

Attorney General (Acting).

一九七七年簡易程序治罪(修訂)法案

摘要說明

本法案旨在將簡易程序治罪條例第六條所規定之攬顧客罪再犯及屢犯之罰 則增至罰款二千元及監禁六個月。初犯罪名成立之人士,仍舊為可被判罰款一千 元。

律政司(署理) 方棟

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