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Draft Bills.
No. S. 31. -The following Bills are published for general information :—
[No. 39.1.36.-1.]
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordinance,
1932.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Summary Short title. Offences Amendment Ordinance, 1936.
2. Section 3 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1932, New para- is amended by the insertion of the following new paragraph graph (164) after paragraph (16) thereof:
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Ordinance No. 40 of
(164) organises, equips or takes part in any collection 1932, s. 3. of money or the sale of badges in any public place for any charitable or benevolent purpose without the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police, or in contraven- tion of any condition that may have been attached to any such permission;
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Ordinance adds a new paragraph to section 3 of Ordinance No. 40 of 1932, making it a summary offence to organise, equip or take part in any collection of money or the sale of badges for any charitable or benevolent purpose in any public place without the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police or in contravention of any con- dition that may have been attached to any such permission.
2. The increase in the number of "flag days" under- taken by various charitable organisations has made some such legislation necessary.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General,
January, 1936.