C.S.O.
A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 35:--9.10.31.—1.]
An Ordinance to amend the Peace Preserva-
tion Ordinance, 1886.
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 Peace Preserva- Short title. tion Amendmeut Ordinance, 1931.
2. Section 14 of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, Amendment 1886, is amended by the addition after the word "Ordi- nance" at the end thereof of the following words :--
For in respect of any act, matter or thing done during the continuance of any proclamation hereto- fore or hereafter issued under this Ordinance, or within the period of five days before the date of any such proclamation, if done in good faith, and done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or for the public safety or for the defence of the Colony or for the enforcement of discipline or otherwise in the public interest, if such person be a person holding office nuder or employed in the service of the Crown in any capacity, whether naval, military, air-force, or civil, or be a person holding office under or employed in the service of the Government of the Colony in any capacity, or be a person acting under the authority of a person so holding office or so employed, or be a public officer, a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps, a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve, or a special constable.”
of Ordinance
No. 10 of 1886, s. 14.
Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance strengthens the indemnity provision, section 14, of the principal Ordinance by the addition of words taken mainly from section 3 of the Indemnity Ordinance No. 18 of 1922.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
October, 1931.
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