Reference

It seems suprising that

to these very recent amendments,

ourselves) only last year. no reference is made to these especially

as one of the objectives was

to make those

previsions less incompatible with the BOR.

Re

7.

CODE 18-77

7 on

раа stand they

presumptione; I agree

are incompatible with Article 11(1) BOR

and that the amendments are an

But the effect of section 17 N combined with section

that as

as they

improvement.

as amended

17I (4) was amended is

still that both presumptions could be applied

cumulatively

le. Where

in relation to the same offence.

is

a person is

illegal immigrant

the

employee was

charged with employing

an

immigrant it could be promed both that

was A pesan found at his place of employment was his employee, and that that peson was not lawfully employable. The

presumption in section 17N seems harder to

justify, particulary

require the

working

Om

ретал

as

it

operat

does not even

concerned to have been found

the defendant's premises, but merely

to have been there, I warder whether HKG

would

consider

a

fother amendment to restrict

the presumption to cases

Where the alleged

waking?

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illeged immigrant is found actually

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