No. 2.
95
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
STANDING LAW COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 16th February, 1899, and the 2nd March, 1899.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK), Chairman.
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JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
Dr. Ho KAI, M.A.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. WEI YUK.
I, HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Acting Attorney General, Chairman of the Standing Law Committee, do hereby certify that the Standing Law Committee, on the 16th day of February, 1899, and the 2nd day of March, 1899, considered clause by clause a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Criminal Procedure in the Supreme Court," and that such Committee recommended that the Bill in question be reported to the Legislative Council, with the following amendments, namely:-
(1) That sub-section 1 of clause 11 of the Bill be amended-
(i.) By the insertion of the words, "together with a certified copy thereof"
between the word "documents and the word "shall ", and
(ii) By the insertion of the words "Crown Solicitor for the use of the" between the word "the" and the word "Attorney General", and
(iii.) By the insertion of the words "if any", followed by a comnia, after the
word "information ".
(2) That clause 14 of the Bill be omitted altogether and that all the subsequent clauses of
the Bill be re-numbered accordingly.
(3) That sub-section of clause 15 of the Bill, re-numbered 14, be amended by the substitu-
tion of the word "two" for the word "three ".
(4) That clause 20 of the Bill, re-numbered 19, be amended by substituting the word "three"
for the word "five".
(5) That clause 51 of the Bill, re-numbered 50, be amended by the insertion of the words,
and not in prison clothes", after the word "unfettered”.
(6) That clause 85 of the Bill, re-numbered 84, be amended by substituting the words "Crown
Solicitor" for the words "Attorney General ".
(7) That sub-section 5 of clause 91 of the Bill, re-numbered 90, may be amended by
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(i.) Inserting the words "so arrested" after the words "deliver the person", and (ii.) By striking out the words "so arrested" before the words to some
police", and
(iii) By substituting the words "that he may be" for the words "to his being (8) That clause 96, re-numbered 95, of the Bill may be amended by striking out the comina
after the word "thereof".
(9) That clause 99, re-numbered 98, of the Bill may be amended by substituting the figures
96 for the figures 97.
(10) That sub-section 1 of clause 104, re-numbered 103, of the Bill may be amended
(i.) By striking out the words, "and detain in custody in a Prison", and (ii) By inserting before the words "until the fine" the following words, namely,
"and such person shall thereupon be detained in custody in a Prison.' (11) That clause 112, re-numbered 111, of the Bill may be amended by putting a full stop after the words "are hereby repealed" and by striking out all the subsequent portion of the clause.
(12) That Form No. 1 in the First Schedule be amended by inserting a comma after the
words, "waistcoat as aforesaid ".
And I do further certify that, in the opinion of the Standing Law Committee, such Bill may be dealt with by the Legislative Council in the same manner as a Bill reported on by a Committee of the whole of such Council,
Laid before the Legislative Council on the 20th June, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY E. POLLOCK, Chairman, Standing Law Committee.
14th March, 1899.