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Addidera ol Dew sectiongr 13A 10 130.
Power of search and Kazure.
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160. (1) An officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner may—
(u) search any person if he reasonably suspects that such person is guilty of any of the offences referred to in section 10;
(b) search the premises or place in which any person was arrested under section 10, or the premises or place in which a person who evades arrest therein. under section 10 was to be arrested, for evidence of any of the offences referred to in that section; (c) seize and detain anything which such officer has reason to believe to be or to contain evidence of any of the offences referred to in section 10.
(2) A person shall not be searched under subsection (1) except by a person of the same sex.
() The powers conferred by subsection (1) shall not decopate from the power conferred on any officer by section 17 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance or a warrant issued thereunder,
LOD. (1) An officer may take a photograph, and the bogerprints and fingerprints, weight and measurements, of a person arrested
under section [U.
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of arrested perena.
(2) If a person whose photograph, fingerprints, weight of messurements has been taken under subsection (1)—–
(a) is not thereafter charged with an offence; or (6) is for any reason discharged by a court,
the Commissioner shall cause all photographs (including any negative), fingerprint Impressions or records of weight and measurements to be destroyed forthwith or delivered to that person.",
3. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting the following in paragraph (5) after "under"-
"this Ordinance,"
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 13 the following new sections—
"Resisung de abstracting Diflcem.
Fulde repon
to ndAcers.
Fabely pretending
to be no officer, etc.
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13A. Any person who resists or obstrucia an officer in the execution of his duty shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to im- prisonment for 6 months.
138. Any person who knowingly-
(d) makes or causes to be made to an officer a false
report of the commission of any offence; or
(b) misleads an officer by giving false information or by
making false statements or accusations,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for one year.
13C. Any person who falsely pretends-
(a) that he is an officer or has any of the powers of on officer under this Ordinance or the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance or under any authorization or warrant under either of those Ordinances; or
Disposal of
property connected with ofteners. (Cap. 221,)
(b) that he is able to procure an officer to do or refrain from doing anything in connexion with the duty of such officer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a line of $20,000 and to imprisonment for one year.
13D. Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance shall apply with respect la property in the possession of the Commissioner or any officer as it applies with respect to prop- erly in the possession of a court or the police.".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 17 Agron, of the following new section-
"Surlop of teracion commom lanes DİYİK.
1976.
18. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice any claim to privilege which any person may have at common law in relation to any communication, document or other thing made or given to a solicitor or counsel.",
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 7 day of April,
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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,
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
new section 13.