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Speech by the Hon. H.S. Grewal, ED, JP, Secretary for Trade and Industry,
in Legislative Council on 26 June 1985
Sir,
I move that the Customs and Excise Service
(Amendment) Bill 1985 be read a second time.
2.
With the recent approval of an additional post
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of Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise by the
Finance Committee of this Council, there are now three
Assistant Commissioners of Customs and Excise each of
whom has specific responsibilities for the direction and
administration of the Customs and Excise Service.
However, the existing Customs and Excise Service Ordinance
provides for only one designated Assistant Commissioner
(and one designated Deputy Commissioner) to perform
statutory functions under it.
3.
The main purpose of the Bill is to remove this
restriction and allow more than one Assistant (or Deputy)
Commissioner of Customs and Excise to carry out statutory
functions under the Ordinance.
4.
The existing disciplinary rules under the Ordinance
provide that a rank and file Customs Officer may be dismissed
if found guilty of a disciplinary offence but do not provide
for his compulsory retirement. This is at variance with the
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