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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1991
POLICE FORCE AND ICAC AMENDMENT BILLS PASSED
BILL 1991 AND THE
THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT)
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN MOVING COMMITTEE S'TAGE AMENDMENTS ΤΟ THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS WAS TO:
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MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE TAKING OF IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS UNDER NEW SECTION 59(L) MUST BE DONE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A POLICE OFFICER;
REQUIRE THAT THE DESTRUCTION OR RETURN OF THE IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF ANY PERSON UNDER NEW SECTION 59(2) MUST BE DONE AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE; AND THAT THE PERSON CONCERNED SHOULD BE ALLOWED ΤΟ DECIDE WHETHER THE PARTICULARS ARE TO BE DESTROYED OR RETURNED TO HIM; AND
CLARIFY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CAUTION BY POLICE OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF SUPERINTENDENT OR ABOVE, UNDER NEW SECTION 59(4), IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AS FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL. HE MOVED AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE, MR ASPREY SAID THEIR PURPOSE WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE AMENDMENTS HE HAD PROPOSED TO THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) BILL.
INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991 PASSED
THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN MOVING COMMITTEE STAGE AMENDMENTS
PIERS
то THE BILL, THE JACOBS, SAID THE BILL, IF BY AUTHOURISED UNIT
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR ENACTED, WOULD EXEMPT, INTER ALIA, PROFITS MADE TRUSTS OR MUTUAL FUND CORPORATIONS ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS INVOLVING DIFFERENT CURRENCIES.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
SUBSTITUTE
THE
WHICH
IS
BILL SEEKS ΤΟ DEFINITION OF "FOREIGN EXCHANGE" WITH A DEFINITION CONSIDERED MORE APPROPRIATE IN THIS CONTEXT, HE SAID.
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