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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
TO ITS "THE BILL SHOULD BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE SUBJECT
INNOCENT AND HARMLESS PROVISIONS OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THEM.
ITS LESS IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS RESULTING DEVIATIONS FROM SOME OF FROM IGNORANCE OR CONFUSION SHOULD BE TREATED LENIENTLY,
"FINALLY, THE VERY THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL SHOULD NOT STIFLE TRADE AND THEREBY THREATEN PENALISING SPECIALISED TRADES WHICH HAVE BEEN USING,
HONEST AND ACCEPTABLE WAY, MEASURES OR WEIGHTS NOT BILL.
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OUR PROSPERITY BY IN A PERFECTLY SPECIFIED IN THE
PRODUCED A NUMBER THE DRAFTING CLEARER AND
MR WONG SAID THE GROUP'S FIRST CONCERN HAD OF TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL TO MAKE MORE CONSISTENT.
"OUR SECOND CONCERN, THAT OF INJUSTICE TO THE TRADER, HAS LED US POWERS CONFERRED BY THE BILL ON PENALTIES PRESCRIBED.
THE
ENSURING THAT THERE SHOULD
TO EXAMINE
ENFORCEMENT
VERY
BE NO CAREFULLY THE AUTHORITY AND THE
HE SAID
THAT
SINCE
IT
TRADE,
CRIMINAL INTENT, FOR EXAMPLE,
WEIGHING MACHINE OR OFFENCES IN THE BILL MUST CARRY STRICT LIABILITY.
WOULD BE VERY IN THE USE OF THE GROUP ACCEPTED
DIFFICULT
TO PROVE FALSE AND DEFECTIVE
THAT SOME OF
THE
"IT IS
WORTH
OFFENCES WITH AN
NOTING ELEMENT OF
THAT IMPRISONMENT IS
THAT FRAUD,
IS,
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR WHERE THERE IS AN
INTENTION TO DECRIVE."
TILE
TO ORDER
AVOID PENALISING THE HONEST MR WONG SAID THAT IN
AND ESTABLISHED
ACCEPTED
THAT SYMBOLS TRADER WHO UNWITTINGLY USED
ΤΟ THE
HE SCHEDULES
BILL,
WOULD MOVE A WERE NOT LISTED IN
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A PERSON ONLY COMMITTEE STAGE AMENDMENT TO
OF UNIT OF COMMITTED AN OFFENCE IF HE USED A SYMBOL OR ABBREVIATION
TO WITH INTENT MEASUREMENT NOT SPECIFIED DECEIVE.
"THIS
SECOND SCHEDULE
THE IN
USE
THE THINGS, OTHER AMONG
OF WILL ALLOW,
THE APOSTROPHE AND DOUBLE APOSTROPHE TIME-HONOURED SYMBOLS OF INDICATE FEET AND INCHES RESPECTIVELY WHERE THERE IS NOT INTENTION DECEIVE.
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THE
то
ΤΟ
THE BILL SHOULD NOT HINDER THE GROUP'S THIRD CONCERN, THAT
FEDERATION FREE TRADE, HAD BEEN ECHOED BY A LOCAL OIL COMPANY AND THE OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES.
WAS COMPANY
CONCERNED ABOUT
MR WONG SAID THE OIL FUEL SOLD AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS MEASURED THE FEDERATION WAS CONCERNED THAT THE
USING MANUFACTURERS DIFFICULTIES FOR PACKAGE GOODS WHICH SOMETIMES PRODUCED SLIGHT VARIATIONS WEIGHT OF THE PACKED GOODS.
AEROPLANE IN U.S. GALLONS; WHILE NEW LEGISLATION MIGHT CREATE ΤΟ EQUIPMENT FAST-FILLING
IN THE NET
HE SAID