Amendment
of section 17.
Amendoeni
of section
17A.
Amendmen
9.
Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following
"(1) If it appears to the Commissioner, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place. other than an office, registry or other room of or used by a public body, there may be any document or thing containing any evidence of the commission of any offence under this Ordinance, the Commis- sioner may, by warrant directed to any investigating officer, empower such officer to enter such place, by force if necessary, and there to search for, seize and detain any such document or thing."; and
(b) in subsection (3) by deleting "the Director or any police officer" and substituting "the Commissioner or any investigating officer".
10. Section 17A of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsections (1) and (6) by deleting "Director" wherever it appears and substituting in each place the following-
"Commissioner".
11. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended in of section 18. subsection (1) by deleting "Director that such person is preparing or about to leave Hong Kong, the Director, or any gazetted police officer or Crown servant authorized in that behalf by the Director," and substituting the following-
Amendment
of section 29.
Amendment
of section 30.
"Commissioner that such person is preparing or about to leave Hong Kong, the Commissioner or any investigating officer".
12. Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting "police officer" wherever it appears and
substituting in each place the following-
"investigating officer"; and
(b) by deleting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) and sub-
paragraph (it) of paragraph (b).
13. Section 30 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by being renumbered as subsection (1); and
(b) by the addition of the following new subsection-
"(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), the Commissioner may disclose the identity of any person if-
(a) he has failed to comply with a notice under
section 14(1)(a) or (b);
(b) a restraining order has been served on
any person under section 14C(3);
(c) his residence has been searched under a
warrant issued under section 17:
(d) be has been required to surrender any
travel document under section 17A: or
(e) a warrant for his arrest has been issued
under section 18.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 13th day of February, 1974.
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.
интовегу
Clerk to the Legislative Council.