2

or remaining in Hong Kong.

Reference.

4. In Annex By pora Eil, the ward

wording

is rather odd,

I would hope that the Bill itself has not been drafted in this I would expect it to say something like?

way.

"The Bill will empower master of Hk-registered ships to impose fines on seafarers found to have committed disciplinary offences, and will provide for for appeats by seafarers on when such fines have been imposed to appeal to the Superintendent, Wherever the ship may

be "

However, without having been supplied with of the draft legislation,

legislation, I do the above wording

ни

a copy

I do not know whether would be a closed reflection of it-

5. Please ask Hk to supply the text of the Bill for this exercise and abo for other

similar ones

in the furtive.

Full Panett

Assistant Legal Adviso

k174

CODE 18-77

3387

26/3/92

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