Friday, April 9, 1976
AMENDMENTS TC CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE
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The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance is to be amended to enable a person involved in a corrupt or illegal practice to give evidence against another party without being regarded as an accomplice to the act.
The proposed amendments are contained in the Corrupt and Illegal Practices (Amendment) Bill 1976 which is published in today's gazette.
Under this Bill two new sections are to be added to the principal Ordinance, one relating to the corrupt and the other to the illegal practices covered by the Crdinance.
These new sections follow a similar provision of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, section 22, which provides that a person giving or receiving a bribe should not be regarded as an accomplice when action is being taken against the other person involved.
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