Amendment
of zubsec.
[cf. 50 & 51 Viet.
c. 71, s. 3).
3.
the magistrate shall, with a jury of three persons as hereinafter provided, as soon as practicable inquire into the cause of death."'.
Subsection (4) of section 9 of the principal Ordinance tion (4) of is amended by the insertion between the words "no" and "officer"
of the following---
section 9.
Repoal and replace-
ment of subsection
(2) of
section 11.
"police officer, or".
4. Subsection (2) of section of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"(2) In any case under section 7 it shall be the duty of the magistrate to furnish co-
(a) the Commissioner of Police in respect of persons
dying whilst in police custody; and
(b) the Commissioner of Prisons in respect of prisoners
dying in prison,
a copy of the finding of the jury, signed by him.".
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 25th day of July, 1956.
Reynold
HONG KONG
No. 40 of 1956.
I assent.
Officer Administering the "Government.
9th August, 1956.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat 4/2731/53)
An Ordinance to amend the Telecommunication Ordinance, Chapter too, and to limit the rights conferred by existing licences issued thereunder.
[1oth August, 1956.)
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 Telecommunication Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance, 1956.
2. Section 2 of the Telecommunication Ordinance (herein- Amend- after referred to as the principal Ordinance) is amended by-
(a) the insertion in the definition of "telecommunication”
after the word "facsimiles" of the following-
", visual images";
iment of
vection 2, (Cap. 106).