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deemed to be an instrument affecting immovable property and shall be registrable as such in the Land Office under the Land Registration Ordinance."; and
(c) in subsection (5) by inserting after "subsection (1)" the
following-
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"or a bank or deposit-taking company which pays any money to a person specified in a copy of a notice served on it under subsection (1A)".
Section 14C of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by inserting after subsection (3) the following-
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"(3A) Where any property specified in a restraining order is immovable property, such order shall be deemed to be an instrument affecting land and shall be registrable as such in the Land Office under the Land Registration Ordinance."; and
(b) in subsection (4) by deleting "for a further period of 3 months"
and substituting the following-
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"for periods of 3 months at a time".
Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (1)
(i) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting a semicolon; and
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following-
“(c) may detain any person found in any office, registry or other room which he is empowered by paragraph (b) to search until such office, registry or other room has been searched."; and
(b) in subsection (2)(b) by inserting after "subsection (1)(b)" the
following-
"or in the exercise of the power to detain conferred by subsection (1)(c)”.
10. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1) by inserting after "search the same" the
following-
"and to detain any person found in any such premises or place until such premises or place have
have or has been searched"; and
(b) in subsection (3) by deleting "powers of entry and search" and
substituting the following--
"powers of entry, search and detention”.
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Amendment of section 14C.
Amendment of section 16,
Amendment of section 17.
11. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 30 Addition of the following--
"Protection
of informers.
30A. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2)—
(a) no information for an offence under this Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding; and
new section 30A.