FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991
BILL REMOVES ARCHAIC DISTINCTION BETWEEN FELONY AND MISDEMEANOUR
JUSTICE (FELONIES AND
MISDEMEANOURS)
TO
ABOLISH
THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL 1991, PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY), SEEKS AN ARCHAIC DIVISION OF OFFENCES INTO FELONIES AND MISDEMEANOURS.
MISDEMEANOURS
IN ENGLAND, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FELONIES AND
19TH BECAME LESS PRONOUNCED AS A RESULT OF CRIMINAL LAW REFORM IN THE
TWO CLASSES OF OFFENCE CENTURY. THE FORMAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE WAS REMOVED WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1967.
HONG KONG NOWADAYS MAGISTRATE AND OFFENCES
THE PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES IN WAS BETWEEN OFFENCES TRIABLE SUMMARILY BY A TRIABLE BY A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE OR WITH A JURY IN THE HIGH COURT.
IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT MISDEMEANOURS NO LONGER ABOLITION OF CRIMINAL LAW.
DISTINCTION THE
THE DISTINCTION SERVED ANY USEFUL
WOULD SIMPLIFY
OF
PURPOSE,
AND
AND FELONIES AND THAT THE THE MODERNISE
THE DISTINCTION AND LAW OF EVERY
CLAUSE 2 OF THE BILL EFFECTS THE ABOLITION OF
THAT THE AND PROVIDES AND BETWEEN FELONY
MISDEMEANOUR PRACTICE APPLICABLE TO MISDEMEANOUR SHALL APPLY IN THE CASE OFFENCE.
CLAUSE 3 REPLACES THE CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES AS FELONY MISDEMEANOUR IN LEGISLATION WITH THE SINGLE TERM "OFFENCE".
AND
AND TO ACTS OF HONG KONG WERE ALSO
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ORDINANCES
IN FORCE IN
KINGDOM PARLIAMENT
THE UNITED PROVIDED IN SCHEDULES 1 TO 4 OF THE BILL.
0
+
LABOUR LAWS HELP IMPROVE WORKERS' LOT
末
IMPROVEMENT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING ABOUT STEADY
PAST 20 YEARS BY TO THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG'S WORKFORCE IN THE
LABOUR LEGISLATION, THE BUILDING
COMPREHENSIVE UP A COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
BODY OF
OF MEETING
THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON
LEVEL OF CLUB, MR CHEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY WAS TO ACHIEVE A
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AND LEGISLATION ON
CONDITIONS OF
ΤΟ EQUIVALENT
THE BEST IN OUR NEIGHBOURING EMPLOYMENT
CULTURAL COUNTRIES WHOSE STAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL AND BACKGROUND WERE SIMILAR TO OURS.
BROADLY
"THIS
POLICY
ALSO
ENABLES
HONG
KONG
TO
MEASURE
UP
ΤΟ
MR CHEN SAID.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS,
/HE NOTED