A BILL
Amend the Police Force Ordinance.
To
Annex A
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Police Force (Amendment)
Ordinance 1992.
2.
Arrest, detention and bail of suspected persons and seizure of suspected property
(1) Section 50 (1) of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) is
repealed and the following substituted
"(1)
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It shall be lawful for any police officer to
apprehend any person who he reasonably believes will be charged
with or whom he reasonably suspects of being guilty of
(a)
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any offence for which the sentence is fixed by
(b)
law or for which a person may (on a first
conviction for that offence) be sentenced to
imprisonment; or
any offence, if it appears to the police officer
that service of a summons is impracticable
because
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