3.
(d)
(e)
(f)
Jurisdiction Act 1878 (1878 c. 73 U.K.) by applying
the principle referred to in subparagraph (b) to
certain acts committed in the waters of Hong Kong on
board or by means of ships which are not Hong Kong
ships;
new section 23B(3) localises part of section 686 of
the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.) by
applying the principle referred to in subparagraph (b)
to certain acts of British nationals on board Hong
Kong ships in a port or harbour outside Hong Kong or
on board certain non-Hong Kong ships;
new section 23B(4) localises section 687 of the
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.) relating
to offences against person or property by seafarers
employed on British ships in so far as it relates to
Hong Kong ships and in so far as it is not localised
by new section 23B(1);
new section 23C requires the permission of the
Governor to be obtained before proceedings for certain
indictable offences are instituted; this derives from
section 3 of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act
1878 (1878 c. 73 U.K.).
Clause 3 amends the Offences against the Person Ordinance
(Cap. 212) so as to provide that if a person dies in Hong Kong as a
result of an act taking place on the high seas or elsewhere outside
Hong Kong such act shall constitute murder or manslaughter or being
accessory, whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person
committing it, if the act would constitute murder or manslaughter or
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