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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991
DRAFT REHABILITATION LAW IN THE PIPELINE
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DRAFT LEGISLATION TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) ON THE REHABILITATION SCHEME UNDER THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ORDINANCE IS NOW BEING PREPARED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE FAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR ASPREY SAID THE LEGISLATION WAS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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HE SAID SINCE THE OMELCO STANDING PANEL ON SECURITY CONSULTED IN NOVEMBER 1989, THE FCC HAD MET A NUMBER OF TIMES TO REVIEW THE REHABILITATION SCHEME.
IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE FCC COMPLETED THE REVIEW AND AGREED ON A PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, MR ASPREY NOTED.
THE SECRETARY SAID THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED EXTENDING THE SCHEME TO COVER PERSONS WHO ON FIRST CONVICTION WERE SentencED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, OR A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $10,000.
IT ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF TRIAD-RELATED OFFENCES, BUT WHO HAD RENOUNCED THEIR MEMBERSHIP UNDER THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME, SHOULD QUALIFY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE REHABILITATION SCHEME PROVIDED THEY MET THE OTHER CRITERIA FOR THE SCHEME, HE ADDED.
THE FCC ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT PAYMENTS UNDER THE FIXED PENALTY SCHEME, OTHER MINOR ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES, AND NON-RECORDABLE OFFENCES SHOULD NOT BE CLASSIFIED AS CONVICTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME.
FURTHER, EXCLUSION FROM THE SCHEME SHOULD BR EXTENDED ΤΟ APPLICATIONS TO BECOME SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS OR CONTROLLERS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND TO STAFF OF THE ICAC AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION, MR ASPREY SAID.
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