SECTION 7(5)
CAN BE RETAINED TO ALLOW A PUBLISHER TO NOTIFY THAT HE HAS CEASED
PUBLICATION.
SECTION 8
CAN BE RETAINED.
SECTION 9(1), (2)
CAN BE RETAINED.
SECTION 10(3)
THE PUBLIC OFFICER SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
SECTION 10(4), (5)
CAN BE RETAINED. NEEDS REDRAFTING.
SECTION 11
CAN BE RETAINED. NEEDS REDRAFTING.
SECTION 12(A)(B)
CAN BE RETAINED. NEEDS REDRAFTING.
SECTION 13(1), 13(2)(A) TO (D)
PROBABLY A NECESSARY EVIL.
SECTION 14(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
OK. BUT SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE.
SECTION 15 TO SECTION 18
CAN BE RETAINED. NEEDS REDRAFTING.
SECTION 20
PENALTIES SHOULD FALL IN LINE WITH OFFENCES IN THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATION ORDINANCE.
IN SHORT, I BELIEVE THAT PRESS FREEDOM MUST BE FIRMLY ANCHORED ONTO AND PROTECTED BY THE COMMON LAW, AND LIKEWISE 'CONTROLLED'' BY THE DISCIPLINES OF THE COMMON LAW RATHER THAN BY COMPLICATED STATUTORY LEGISLATION. THIS MUST CONTINUE TO BE THE PRACTICE EVEN
AFTER 1997.
ENDS
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|MR.