Amendment of section 13A.
Amendment of section 20.
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(b) by inserting, before the definition of "indictment", the
following-
"*"court of trial" in relation to an appeal means the
court from which the appeal lies;
"hospital order” means an order made under section
45 or 54 of the Mental Health Ordinance:" ;
(c) by inserting, before the definition of "property", the
following-
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"medical superintendent" means the medical superio- tendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental hospital appointed under section 4 of the Mental Health Ordinance;
"mental hospital" means any place declared to be a mental hospital under section 3 of the Mental Health Ordinance:";
(d) by deleting the full stop at the end of the definition of
"Registrar" and substituting a semicolon; and
(e) by inserting, after the definition of "Registrar", the
following-
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"under disability”, in relation to an accused person. means under any disability such that apart from this Ordinance it would amount to a bar to his being tried.".
Section 13A of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following new subsection-
"(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) the court may make it a condition on which a person is admitted to bail that he shall surrender to the court, or to such person as the court may specify, any passport or travel document for such period as the court may specify.".
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4. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting and, in cases of embezzling or obtaining money or bank notes by false pretences, by proof that the accused person embezzled or obtained any piece of coin or any bank note or any portion of the value thereof, although such piece of coin or bank
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note may have been delivered to him in order that some part of the value thereof should be returned to the person delivering the same, or to some other person, and such part has been returned accordingly".
5. Section 24A of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (2) by inserting, after "disclosed in any depositions", the following-
"or in any written statements admitted in evidence under section 81A of the Magistrates Ordinance",
6. Section 31 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
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31. (1) In criminal proceedings in any court on a plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit the accused person may state that he has been previously convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the offence charged.
(2) In this section. "court" includes the District Court and a magistrate.”.
Amendment of section 24A.
Repeal and replacement of section 31.
Section 32 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment of
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(a)
being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and
(b)
inserting the following new subsection—
"(2) In this section. “court" includes the District Court and a magistrate.”.
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section 32.
Section 51 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment of inserting, after subsection (6), the following new subsection-
"(7) In subsection (2), "court of trial" includes the Dis- trict Court and a magistrale,”.
9. Section 54 of the principal Ordinance is amended by-
(a) being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and
inserting the following new subsection-
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"(2) Notwithstanding any rule of law, the right of a person charged to make a statement without being sworn is hereby abolished.".
section 5L.
Amendment of section $4.