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Sir,
GOVERNMent houSE.
HONG KONG,
14th April, 1932.
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Encl. No. 1.
Encl. No. 2.
I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your Secret despatch of the 14th
December, 1931, on the subject of Hong Kong Ordinance
No.7 of 1931, and to state that a draft bill,
incorporating certain amendments has been prepared by
the Attorney General. A copy is enclosed.
2.
The draft was referred to the judges for
their comments, and copies of their letters in reply
are attached. Their main objection is that it is
undesirable to associate the Judiciary with the
Executive in the exercise of powers of an arbitrary
and executive nature. To meet these objections,
whilst maintaining the essential provisions of the
Bill, it is proposed to make the following amendments
to the draft:-
(i) delete paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
clause 6 (i).
(ii) delete the last sixteen words of paragraph
(2) of clause 6.
(iii) delete the whole of paragraph (3) of clause 6.
(iv) delete the last sentence of clause 19.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&C.,
&C.,
&c.
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