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Oral answers to questions
Question No. 1
Oral Reply by the Secretary for Security to
The Hon. Rosanna Tam,
Legislative Council Meeting 11 May 1988 Legislat
Certificate of
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criminal conviction
1. MRS. TAM asked:
In relation to the issue of certificates of no criminal conviction, will Government inform this Council of the following:
(a) the offences which are, recordable by the police for the purpose of witholding the issue of such certificates;
· (b)
the authority which has the discretion to amend the list of recordable offences;
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(c)
what criteria are used in deciding which offences should be recordable; and
(a)
how are offences covered by the spent
conviction scheme treated in these certificates?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY:
Sir,
Some of these points have already been answered in
the acting Secretary for Security's letter of 8 April 1988 to the convenor of the OMELCO Security Panel, and I have agreed
that this letter may be circulated to Members.
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The answer to the first part of the question is that
the police do not maintain records of offences for the purposes of withholding the issue of certificates of No
Criminal Conviction. The police maintain records in order to
help them fulfil their statutory duties and for legal purposes
in court proceedings. The police are therefore primarily