Power to order closure.
Conseal of
Attorney
General.
Amendment to
Companies
Ordinance.
(Cap. 323
(b) remove by force any person or thing obstructing him in
the exercise of any such powers;
(c) detain any person found in the premises until the
premises have been searched.
7. (1) If any person is charged with an offence against section 4 or section 5, a District Judge may, on application made by or on behalf of the Attorney General, order that any premises in which the offence is alleged to have been committed be secured and locked until the charge is heard and determined.
(2) Any person aggrieved by the making of an order under subsection (1) and having an interest in the premises in respect of which the order was made may apply to a District Judge to have the order discharged; and on the hearing of the application the District Judge may either confirm the order or direct that it be discharged.
(3) An application under subsection (2) may be opposed by the Attorney General and shall not be heard unless a copy of the application has been served on the Attorney General at least 24 hours before the hearing
(4) If any person is convicted of an offence against section 4 or section $. the court shall order the premises in which the offence was committed to be locked and secured for such period. being not less than one month nor more than three months, as may be specified in the order.
(5) Where any order under subsection (1) or subsection (4) has been made, any police officer, whether he is in possession of the order or copy of the order or not, may take all steps as may be necessary to ensure that the premises to which the order relates are locked and secured and to prevent the entry to those premises of any persons other than those authorized by a police officer.
(6) Any person who enters any premises in respect of which an order made under subsection (1) or subsection (4) is in force without the authority of a police officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000.
8.
No prosecution for an offence under this Ordinance shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
9.
The Companies Ordinance is amended-
(a) by repealing the definition of "recognized stock exchange in the Colony" in section 2(1), and substituting the following-
recognized stock exchange" means a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, in respect
$
of which an order made or deemed to have been made under section 301) of the Stock Exchanges Control Ordinance 1973 declaring the body to be a recognized stock exchange is for the time being in force;";
(b) by repealing section 2A.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 28th day of February, 1973.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.