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5. By section 28 the new offence of wilfully giving
false information to the police, with intent to defeat or
delay the ends of justice, has been created.
of Bastable v.Little (1906, 1 K. B.,59) goes to show that
wilful misleading may amount to obstruction of a police
officer (section 34 of the Offences against the Person
Ordinance, 1865), but it seems better to have the offence
clearly defined.
6.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His
Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name
of His Majesty and on His behalf.
aucht
Attorney General.
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