HONG KONG
No. 24 of 1976
I assent.
M
Governor,
19th May, 1976,
An Ordinance to amend the District Court Ordinance.
M.Laha.
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[14th May. 1976)
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and con-
sent of the Legislative Council thersof
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the District Court (Amendment) Shon luk. Ordinance 1976.
2. Section 77 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendmeal of subsection (1) and substituting the following-
(Cap. 1)
"(1) Every charge sheet shall be signed by a legal officer as defined in the Legal Officers Ordinance, other than an assistant crown counsel, and shail beat date on the day on which it is so signed.",
pection 77.
(Cwp. 336,)
3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 79 Addition of the following new section-
"Plex by corporalon..
79A. (1) Where an accused person is a corporation, a plea in writing may be entered by its representative, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative or, though it does so appear, fails to enter any plea, the Court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty,
con 79 A.