CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
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whatever the citizenship or nationality of the person committing it or responsible for it, the act shall constitute the crime of, as may be appropriate, murder or manslaughter or so being accessory.
(2) In this section “act" means an act of commission or an act of omission and includes a series of acts.
[cf. 1849 c. 96 s. 3 U.K.".
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Amendment of section 6 of Consular Relations Ordinance
Section 6 of the Consular Relations Ordinance (Cap. 259) is amended by adding after subsection (3)-
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"(4) Neither section 23B of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) nor section 8B or 9 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212) shall be construed as affecting this section."..
Cesser
(1) None of the enactments specified in subsection (2) shall apply in relation to
(a) any act within the meaning of section 23A of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) which constitutes an offence by virtue of section 23B(1), (2) or (3) of that Ordinance;
(b) any offence described in section 23B(4) of that Ordinance; or (c) any act within the meaning of section 8B of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212), which, by virtue of that section, constitutes a crime specified in that section.
(2) The enactments referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a) the Offences at Sea Act 1799 (1799 c. 37 U.K.);
(b) the Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act 1849 (1849 c. 96 U.K.);
(c) the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 (1878 c. 73 U.K.);
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(d) sections 686 and 687 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894
c. 60 U.K.).
Explanatory Memorandum
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the criminal law so as to localize the criminal jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts in relation to crimes committed at sea and in certain places elsewhere.
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Clause 2 amends Part III of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) by inserting three new sections (23A to 23C). In particular-
(a) new section 23A is an interpretation provision;
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