HONG KONG
No. 37 of 1976
I assent,
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Governor.
10th June, 1976.
An Ordinance to amend the Police Force Ordinance,
M. Liha
[11th June, 1976)
Epacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Police Force (Amendment) shon une. Ordinance 1976.
2. Section 52 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Arsendicant ind after subsection (3) the following new subsection—
*(3A) (a) Any such police officer may also discharge may such person if such person or a surety, or both such person and a surety, deposit with the officer such sum of money as the officer may specify having regard to all the circumstances, including the seriousness of the alleged offence, the circum- stances of such person and the day on or the time at which such sum is to be deposited.
(8) If a person so discharged does not appear before a magis- trate, or at such other place as the officer may have specified, at such time as the officer may have specified, a magistrate may order any suum deposited under paragraph (c) to be forfeited.".
motion 31 (Cap. 232.)