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Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill: committee stage
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Security, Mr Peter Lai, in moving the committee stage amendments of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr Chairman,
I move that clauses 3 and 4 be amended as set out in the paper circularized to Members.
These amendments contain the principal improvements to the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill which I have already referred to in the Second Reading debate. They have been discussed in detail by the Bills Committee and have received the Committee's endorsement.
Mr Chairman, I beg to move.
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Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Bill: second reading
Following is a speech by the Secretary for the Treasury, Mr KC Kwong, at the resumption of the second reading debate on the Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Bill debate on the 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I would like to thank the Hon. Ronald Arculli and Members of the Bills Committee for their thorough but expeditious examination of the Bill. Indeed, the Committee completed the scrutiny of this long and technical piece of legislation in two meetings within one month. This is commendable and we are grateful for the Committee's support for the Bill.