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3.
Australia and Canada are among those who have
already
taken legislative action as a result of the Commonwealth
Scheme.
HONG KONG'S CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
Administrative
5.
movements of a
Hong Kong currently provides some assistance to
foreign police forces through Interpol on an ad hoc
basis. This is normally restricted to the
the provision of
public documents and information which may be given
administratively, e.g. the whereabouts
suspect or witness, Many types of assistance that may be
sought by foreign jurisdictions, such as obtaining
evidence, transfer of persons in custody to give evidence,
search and seizure, and tracing, seizing and forfeiting of
the proceeds of criminal activities, can only be provided
if permitted by statutory powers.
Statutory
6.
The only two statutory powers that exist in Hong
Kong for the provision of assistance in criminal matters
at present are found in Part VIII of the Evidence
Ordinance (Chapter 8)
(Chapter 8) and the Drug Trafficking (Recovery
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