C.O. 21396
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS.
Hongkong,
25th May, 1909
Report on Ordinance No. of 1909
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to amend the Law with respect to the liability of young persons to the death sentence.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
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the Governor's Instructions
To provide for exemption from the death sentence of persons under sixteen, and to provide other punishment in place thereof. The Ordinance brings into force in this Colony the provisions of the Statute 8 Edward VII Cap. 67 s. 103 recently passed in England.
Hem Berkeley
Attorney General.