EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 241).
EMERGENCY (PRINCIPAL) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1967.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Citation (Principal) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1967.
2. Regulation 117 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting "on conviction on indicument" after "shall be liable".
3. Regulation 118 of the principal regulations is amended in paragraph (1) by inserting "on conviction on indictment" after "shall be liable".
4. The principal regulations are amended by adding the following new regulation in Part Vill after regulation 136-
"Power of sentence of District Courts for offence under these regulations.
136A. Paragraph (a) of the proviso to subsection (2) of section 36 of the District Court Ordinance shall not apply in the case of any offence against these regulations, whether committed before or after the commencement of this regulation and whether or not. in the case of an offence committed before the com- mencement of this regulation-proceedings for such offence had been instituted before its commeatement".
Amendment of regulation 117,
Amendment of regulation 118,
Addition of new regulation 136A.
Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
1st August 1967.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
The District Court Ordinance imposes a limitation of five years on the sentences which may be imposed in these courts. One or two of the emergency regulations which create offences in respect of the possession or use of explosives provide for penalties of up to ten years imprisonment.