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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993
"IT IS, THEREFORE, NECESSARY TO TAKE STEPS TO
VALIDATE THESE CONVEYANCES," HE SAID.
THOSE
RETROSPECTIVELY
FACILITATE CUSTOMARY
FURTHERMORE, THE BILL ALSO CONTAINS PROVISIONS то OWNERS OF RURAL LAND WHO WISH TO AVOID THE EFFECT OF RULES OF SUCCESSION ON THEIR PROPERTY BY PROVIDING FOR THE EXEMPTION OF LAND, INCLUDING UNDIVIDED SHARES, FROM THE APPLICATION OF PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE, BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS UPON APPLICATION OF THE LANDOWNER CONCERNED BY A SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE PROCEDURE.
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MR SUEN THEN EXPLAINED THE TERM RURAL LAND" AS LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BEING THE SUBJECT OF A CROWN LEASE OF AN OLD SCHEDULE LOT, VILLAGE LOT, SMALL HOUSE OR SIMILAR RURAL HOLDING AS DEFINED IN THE BILL.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
MAGISTRATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 INTRODUCED
A BILL TO GIVE EFFECT TO A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESSING OF SUMMONSES IN THE MAGISTRACIES WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE MAGISTRATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID SUMMONSES IN THE MAGISTRACIES WERE NOW PROCESSED BY A COMPUTERISED CASE AND SUMMONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN JULY LAST YEAR.
THE SYSTEM ISSUES STANDARDISED SUMMONS FORMS, KEEPS TRACK OF OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS AND HELPS TO SPEED UP COLLECTION OF FINES, HE NOTED.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE OPERATING EXPERIENCE OF THE SYSTEM IN THE PAST YEAR, A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN RESPECT OF THE ISSUE OF A SUMMONS TO A DEFENDANT AND MODE OF SERVICE, MANNER OF MAKING A COMPLAINT OR LAYING AN INFORMATION, PROCEEDINGS AT HEARINGS, AND PROVISIONS AS TO WITNESSES.
"THE BILL, WHEN IMPLEMENTED, WILL GIVE EFFECT TO THESE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE MAINLY INTENDED ΤΟ RATIONALISE EXISTING OPERATIONAL PRACTICES IN THE PROCESSING OF SUMMONSES, HE SAID.
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DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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