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Section 52 of the Naval Discipline Act shall be read— (a) as if the words or corporal punishment" were deleted in

paragraph (4); and

(b) as if after the words "from time to time be allowed by the Admiralty" there were inserted the following-

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**(12) Fine not exceeding forty shillings. In default of payment of a fine imposed under this section, the fine shall be recoverable in a summary way before a magis trate. Every such penalty shall be applied as the Governor may direct."

Section 53 of the Naval Discipline Act shall be read- (a) as if the words "except in case of sentence of death, which shall only be remitted by His Majesty" in para- grapli (1), were deleted;

(b) as if in paragraph (11) all the words relating to corporal punishment were deleted, and the paragraph read at follows-

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**(11) No officer shall be subject to detention.”

Section 56(1) of the Naval Discipline Act shall be read as if the following proviso were added at the end thereof—

"Provided that, except in the case of mutiny, no sentence of a court martial shall be carried inw execution unless confirmed by the Governor; such confirmation in the case of sentence of death shall be in addition to the confirma- tion otherwise required by this Act."

7. In section 56(2) of the Naval Discipline Act, "the officer in | command of the ship to which the offender belongs" shall be read to include the officer in command of the Naval Reserve. But the said subsection shall be read as if the words "award penal servitude or to award imprisonment or" were deleted.

8. Section 56 of the Naval Discipline Act shall also be read as if subsection (4) thereof relating to corporal punishment were deleted.

9. Sections gnA and Q&A of the Naval Discipline Act shall not apply to the officers and men of the Naval Reserve.

10. Wherever fines are mentioned in the Naval Discipline Act, the corresponding amounts in local currency shall be sub- stituted for the amounts expressed therein in British currency,

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 5th day of September, 1951.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.