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(Cep: 221.)
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Chafak for recom of tortelued and
Expty of
BEKO 34A, $40 and 34C.
90017 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance shall be admissi ble in evidence.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, an application under this section shall be deemed for the pur- poses of the Magistrates Ordinance to be a complaint to which section 8 of that Ordinance applies.
34C. (1) The owner of any ship forfeited to the Crown under section 34A or section 348 or his agent may within 6 weeks after-
(a) the ship was forfeited to the Crown; or
(b) the determination of any appeal against the order
for its forfeiture,
give notice in writing to the Director of his intention to submit to the Governor & moral claim in respect of the forfeited ship.
(2) Where the owner of a forfeited ship has given notioc in writing to the Director under subsection (1) and has sub- mitted a moral claim to the Governor by lodging it with the Chief Secretary within 1 month from the date of such notice, the Governor may→
(a) order the return of the forfeited ship to the owner
or his agent; or
(b) direct that the claim be referred to the Governor
in Council.
(3) The Governor in Council, oa considering a claim referred to him under subsection (2), may----
(a) order the return of the forfeited ship to the owner
or his agent; or
(6) reject the claim,
34D. Sections 34A, 348 and 34C shall expire on 31st December 1979 unless the Legislative Council by resolution otherwise determines.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 10th day of January, 1979.
Ага
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.
На
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
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