Enclosure 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Hongkong,
15th October, 1906.
Report on Ordinance No. 14 of 1906.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to amend the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
The object of this Ordinance is to introduce into the law of this Colony relating to evidence in Criminal Cases the amendment made in the law of England by the Imperial enactment 61 and 62 Victoriae Cap. 36, by which in all Criminal proceedings an accused person and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such person are made competent witnesses for the defence at every stage of the proceedings whether the accused is charged solely or jointly with some other person.
The wife or husband can be called only on the application