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measures, an amendment bill which will propose some
substantial amendments to the Ordinance is now in the
final drafting stages.
Whilst the majority of the
proposals in the bill are aimed at improving the operation
and administration of the Ordinance, it will also contain
proposals designed to assist the Police in controlling and
investigating money lenders. In particular, the bill will
propose that the Police be given the right to enter and
search a money lender's premises and to seize documents,
and that the time limit for instituting prosecutions for
all offences under the Ordinance be extended from six
months to two years.