WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1978
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LEGCO APPROVES RESOLUTION
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED A RESOLUTION EXTENDING FOR THREE MONTHS THE PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE WHICH ENABLE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEEK A REVIEW OF THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY A COURT ON A CONVICTED PERSON.
MOVING THE MOTION, THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. GARTH THORNTON SAID THESE PROVISIONS HAD BEEN IN OPERATION FOR SIX YEARS NOW AND HE BELIEVED THAT THEIR USEFULNESS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT TOOK THE VIEW, AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE AGREED, THAT THESE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE PERMANENT AND A BILL TO THIS END WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
+MEANTIME, IN ORDER TO GIVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE BILL TO BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD EXTEND THE PROVISIONS FOR THREE MONTHS, MR. THORNTON SAID.
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