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File No.4066/46.
Colonial Secretariat,
Hong Kong,
26th April, 1947.
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SECRETARIAT CIRCULAR No.77•
Amendment to General Order No.128.
General Order 128 is hereby cancelled and the following
substituted therefor:
"128. (1) An examination in law for Cadet Officers will be
held once in each year.
(2) The syllabus for the examination is as follows:
(a) Phipson's Manual of Evidence.
(b) Kenny's Outlines of the Criminal Law.
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(c) The Magistrate" by Alison Russoll.
(d) The Ordinances from time to time set out in
Appendix VIII to the General Orders of tho
Government and any amendments or modifications
of such Ordinances.
(3) Cadet Officers will also he required before taking
the Law Examination to attend at the Magistrate's Court
for prescribed periods during tho hearing of Summary and
Committal cases, until the Magistrato is satisfiod that
they have acquired an adequate knowledge of the procedure
in such cases. They may also be roquired to attend the
Attorney General's Chambers for a statod period, which
will normally be one month.
(4) Long leave will not normally be granted to any Cadet
Officer until ho has passod the above examination, and
failure to qualify within four years of first appointment
may also result in the withholding of increments."
The annexure to this Circular shall be added to the General
Orders of this Corern ont as appendix VIIT.
Heads of Departments.
By Command,
D. M. MacDOUGALL,
Colonial Secretary.