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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1987
MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE UPDATED
THE MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE (REPLACEMENT OF FOURTH ORDER 1987, GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY) REPLACES THE EXISTING AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY UPDATING RESULTING FROM ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES OF DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AND CHANGES DUTIES E.G. THE SETTING UP OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS.
PUBLIC OFFICERS SPECIFIED IN THE FOURTH SCHEDULE ARE (UNDER SECTION 8A OF CAP. 227) TO SERVE ON A PERSON WHO IS OF HAVING COMMITTED AN OFFENCE SPECIFIED IN THAT SCHEDULE REQUIRING HIM TO APPEAR BEFORE A MAGISTRATE.
SCHEDULE ) SCHEDULE
IN
CERTAIN
STAFF
HIGHWAYS
EMPOWERED
SUSPECTED
A NOTICE
THE PROSECUTION PROCEDURES UNDER THIS SECTION ARE SIMPLE; THE TIME REQUIRED FOR A DEFENDANT TO APPEAR BEFORE A MAGISTRATE IS ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
OF
THE OFFENCES INVOLVED ARE OF A MINOR NATURE, SUCH AS OBSTRUCTION TO SCAVENGING OPERATION, LITTERING, SPITTING, FOULING STREET BY DOG FAECES OR URINE, LIGHTING OR USING FIRE WITHIN A COUNTRY PARK WHEN PROHIBITED FROM DOING 90, AND MARINE LITTERING.
A MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY AN UPDATING EXERCISE.
APPOINTMENT TO JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNOUNCED
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
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TODAY
(FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR ANDREW LI KWOK-NANG, J.P.. AS A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSSION, MR LI WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT ON DECEMBER 20, 1987.
MR LI IS A BARRISTER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. HE HAS WIDE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND IS CURRENTLY THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW OF THE INLAND REVENUE.
HE IS ALSO MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE STANDING COMMITTEE COMPANY LAW REFORM.
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