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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 15, 1940.
HONG KONG.
No. 3 of 1940.
I assent.
L.S.
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE, Governor.
15th March, 1940.
Short title.
Amendment of Ordin-
ance No. 9
of 1939, s. 3.
An Ordinance to amend the Incitement to Disaffection Ordin-
ance, 1939.
[15th March, 1940.]
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 Incitement to Disaffection Amendment Ordinance, 1940.
2.-(1) Sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Incitement to Disaffection Ordinance, 1939, is amended-
(a) by the substitution of the words "judge of the Supreme Court" for the word "magistrate "in the first line thereof;
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(b) by the insertion of the words of a rank not lower than that of inspector" after the words "police officer" in the sixth line thereof;
(e) by the insertion of the words together with any other persons named in the warrant and any other police officers after the words the warrant in the seventh line thereof;
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(d) by the insertion of the words at any time within one month from the date of the warrant after the word "place" in the eighth line thereof;
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(e) by the deletion of the words as may be necessary, and" after the word place in the eighth line thereof;
(f) by the addition of the following provisos at the end thereof
: Provided that
(a) a search warrant shall only be issued in respect of an offence suspected to have been committed within the three months prior to the laying of the information thereof; and