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LEGCO QUESTION: CAUTIONING OF ADULT OFFENDERS
THE FOLLOWING QUESTION HAS BEEN SET DOWN FOR AN ORAL REPLY IN
LEGCO ON 25 NOVEMBER
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2. A SCHEME HAS RECENTLY BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM WHEREBY ADULT OFFENDERS MAY BE CAUTIONED RATHER THAN PROSECUTED FOR OFFENCES OF A TRIVIAL NATURE. WILL GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER IT WOULD CONSIDER INTRODUCING A SIMILAR
SCHEME IN HONG KONG?
3. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN AND WHY THE SCHEME WAS
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Spoke to Mins walchinge, H-0 (213 5099) who said there was
formal
scheme
as such
the police had always had
desruction to cautiom. She
to explain how caution workand in some detail.
Tel sud to Hongkong 17/11
Bogen