1967 Ed.]

Emergency (Principal) Regulations.

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any such order the Court or Magistrate shall give to any person claiming or appearing to the Court or Magistrate to be the owner of or otherwise interested in such article an opportunity of being heard:

Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in his absolute discretion to give effect to any claim for relief from such forfeiture where such claim is established to his satisfaction on equitable, moral or other grounds.

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136A. (1) Section 36 of the District Court Ordinance shall have effect in relation to the offences to which this paragraph applies as if there were substituted for the words "five years" in each place where they occur the words "ten years”.

Discontinued by

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(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to the following offences-42/68

(a) any offence under these regulations;

+ VI (Explosive Substances (b) any offence under the Explosive Substances Ordinance,

and

of the Crimes Ordinance

(c) an offence under section 28, 29 or 30 of the Offences

against the Person Ordinance.

(3) Paragraph (1) shall have effect whether the offence was committed before or after the commencement of this regulation and whether or not, in the case of an offence committed before the commencement of this regulation, proceedings for such offence had been instituted before its commencement.

Modification of District Court Ordinance increasing Court's power

of

sentence for L.N. 166/67.

certain offences.

In force, L.N. 167/67.

reap. 5.) (Cap. 336.) (Exp:206) (Cap. 200.)

(Cap. 212.)

PART IX.

COMMENCEMENT.

137. (1) These regulations shall not come into operation save

Commencement.

and except at the time and in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

(2) The Governor may by order, notification of which shall be given in the Gazette, declare that these regulations or such part or parts thereof or such regulations or regulation as he may by such order specify shall come into operation and upon publication of such notification in the Gazette the regulations or such part or parts thereof or such regulations or regulation as may be specified shall come into operation.

(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in making any such order as aforesaid-

(a) if the order relates to the whole of these regulations to declare that any part or parts thereof or any regulation or paragraph shall not come into operation; and

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