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(1) whether the Commissioner of Police should be
allowed to circumvent the clear spirit and
intent of this Ordinance by revealing an
individual's 'spent' conviction to overseas
immigration authorities;
(2) whether the Administration
feels that the
time has now come to expand the scope of the
scheme along the lines of the corresponding
British legislation; and
(3) whether the power of the magistrate to order
the conviction not to be recorded be
reinstated, a proposal which enjoys the
support of the Hong Kong Bar Association and
the Law Society of Hong Kong as well as the
Magistrates' Association?
SE CRE TARY FOR SECURITY : Sir, although strictly outside
the main point of the question, I am prepared to ensure
that the points raised by my hon. Friend are properly
together with any additional representations
considered
received from the Bar Association and the Law Society.
MR. SOHMEN: Sir, the Secretary for Security has said that
any person who applies for
a certificate of no criminal ps
conviction with a previous conviction for an offence which
is
no longer recordable is issued with a
Does the annual change in the list of
certificate.
recordable offences