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Objects and Reasons.
The object of this Ordinance is to bring the law of Hong Kong relating to larceny into line with the law of England as contained in the Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96) and the Larceny Act. 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), from both of which the provisions of this Ordinance have been drawn.
The arrangement of the 1916 Act has been followed, and in sections based on the earlier Act but nearly re- sembling other sections in the 1916 Act, the language of the 1916 Act has been adopted in order to secure as far as possible a uniform style throughout the Ordinance.
Sections in the English Acts (e.g. the sections of the 1916 Act relating to postal offences) which deal with matters for which adequate provision has been made in other Ordinances, have not been reproduced in this Ordinance.
A table of correspondence attached to the Bill shows the origin of its various clauses and the nature of the amendments.
May, 1955.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney Generat. ---
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