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not create an
inequity or
certificate
half-truth
because
whether a
is issued or not is determined when the
application is lodged but the offence might be recordable
at the time it was committed?
?
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SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : That is correct, Sir. The list
of recordable offences which at present number 94 is
reviewed annually; sometimes new offences are added and
sometimes offences are taken off.
correct in what he has said but it does not, of course,
mean that when confronted with the question from the
Sir, my hon. Friend is
foreign consulate, 'Have you ever been convicted?', the
individual is absolved from answering it truly.
MR. PETER C. WONG : Sir, in paragraph 5 of the Secretary's
answer, the Secretary states applicants for visas or
immigration permits to certain countries are required by
state whether they have ever been
convicted of an offence'.
those countries
to
HOW does the Secretary
ז'
should
rtificate of
reconcile this statement, Sir, with his answer in the last
part of the previous paragraph which states
emphasise that any person who applies for a certifica no griminal conviction with a previous conviction for
offence which is no
longer recordable is issued with a
certificate'?
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