WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990
BILLS SEEK TO AMEND POLICE FORCE AND ICAC ORDINANCES
(AMENDMENT)
THE THAT DESTROYED OR
ALISTAIR
BILL 1990 CLARIFIES THE POLICE FORCE IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AN ARRESTED PERSON SHOULD BE RETURNED TO SUCH PERSON, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ASPREY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR THAT THIS IS PROVIDED IF:
ASPREY POINTED OUT
A DECISION IS OFFENCE;
TAKEN NOT
то CHARGE THE PERSON WITH AN
*
THE PERSON IS CHARGED WITH AN OFFENCE BUT
AT COURT BEFORE CONVICTION OR ACQUITTED APPEAL; OR
DISCHARGED BY A
OR HIS TRIAL
ON
*
OF A CASE
IN THE ATTAINS THE AGE OF 17 YEARS AND HAS NOT ANY OFFENCE.
CAUTIONED
JUVENILE,
WHEN
BEEN
THE PERSON CONVICTED OF
THE
BILL WOULD
EMPOWER THE POLICE TO TAKE PALM-PRINTS, SOLE-PRINTS AND TOE-PRINTS WHEN A PERSON WAS ARRESTED, MR ASPREY SAID.
ΤΟ POLICE
RETAIN THESE PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED REMOVAL ORDER
HE SAID IT ALSO SOUGHT TO ENABLE THE IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS WHERE A PERSON HAD BEEN
WAS THE SUBJECT OF A OF AN
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, OR WAS A JUVENILE UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE AND HAD BEEN CAUTIONED FOR THE OFFENCE FOR WHICH HE WAS ARRESTED.
OFFENCE,
EMPOWERED AT PRESENT, SECTION 59 OF THE POLICE FORCE ORDINANCE
AND HEIGHT THE POLICE TO TAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, FINGER-PRINTS, WEIGHT
ARRESTED OR CONVICTED OF AN MEASUREMENTS OF A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN OFFENCE.
TAKE
PALM-PRINTS, FOR THE
CAN
"THERE IS NO EXPRESS AUTHORITY TO SOLE-PRINTS OR TOE-PRINTS, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE POLICE TO DO THIS IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES, WHERE SUCH BE AN IMPORTANT AID IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIME,
EVIDENCE
HE SAID.
THE SECTION 59 OF THE ORDINANCE WAS ALSO UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER
DESTROYED OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AN ARRESTED PERSON SHOULD BE
IN CERTAIN
FOR CIRCUMSTANCES, RETURNED TO HIM
EXAMPLE WHERE THE PERSON WAS NOT PROSECUTED, MR ASPREY ADDED.
MEANWHILE, MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990,
THE THE BILL SOUGHT TO AMEND SECTION 10D OF AGAINST CORRUPTION ORDINANCE, TO CLARIFY THAT THE COMMISSIONER,
PARTICULARS OF A MIGHT RETAIN THE IDENTIFYING
THE CONVICTED OF AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 10 OF EXCEPTIONS.
MR ASPREY SAID INDEPENDENT COMMISSION
ICAC PERSON ARRESTED OR TWO ORDINANCE WITH
/THEY WERE