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FOR DYKES, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS FROM HKD
YOUR LETTER OF 1 DECEMBER 1986: FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
PROVISIONS
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OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG DELAY IN LETTING YOU HAVE THIS
SUBSTANTIVE REPLY TO LUR.
2.
LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THAT THEY FORESEE NO
DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR PROCEEDING TO REPLACE YOUR FORGERY AND
COINAGE PROVISIONS BY AN ORDINANCE ON THE LINES OF THE FORGERY
AND COUNTERFEITING ACT 1981. WE ASSUME THAT YOU WILL INCLUDE IN
YOUR NEW ORDINANCE, AS WAS INCLUDED IN THE CRIMES ORDINANCE AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE 1981 UK ACT, APPROPRIATE PROVISIONS TO GIVE
EFFECT TO OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CURRENCY CONVENTION OF 1929.
3.
THE DRAFT BILL SHOULD BE FORWARDED FOR THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S FORMAL INSTRUCTIONS IN DUE COURSE UNDER SECTION XXVI OF
THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS.
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