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Amendment

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of section 6,

(a)

Amendment

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Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended--

in subsection (1)—–

(i) by the deletion of the words "the Commissioner of Police or any police officer authorized by him in that behalf' and the substitution therefor of the following-

“a police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector"; (i) by the deletion of the full-stop at the end thereof and the substitution therefor of a colon;

(i) by the addition at the end thereof of the following proviso-

"Provided that no person shall be required to report more than once in any period of seven days unless other- wise directed by the Governor, the Governor in Council, the court or a magistrate, as the case may be, and such direction may be given pt the time of making the police supervision order or at any time during its currency."; (b) in subsection (2) by the deletion from sub-paragraph @ of paragraph (d) of the words "the Commissioner of Police or a police officer acting on his behalf" and the substitution there- for of the following-

"a police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector"; (c) in subsection (3) by the deletion of the words "detained for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours" and the substitution therefor of the following-

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"detained for such period, not exceeding seventy-two hours, as may be necessary".

Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the inser- of section & tion after the words "police officer" of the following—

Amendment

of principal Ordinance by addition

of new

estions,

"not below the rank of sub-inspector".

6 The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 8 of the following new sections-

"Duty to

report loss af identification book.

Issue of duplicate identification

book upon loss, defacement

or alteration

without authority.

8A. A person against whom a police supervision order has been made who loses his identification book during the currency of such order shall forthwith attend in person and report the loss thereof at the place specified in such book for reporting.

83. (1) Whenever it appears to a police officer that a person against whom a police supervision order has been made has lost his identification book during the currency of such order or that the identification book of such a person has, without lawful authority, been destroyed. defaced or otherwise altered during the currency of such order, such person may be taken into police custody and

Duty lo produce identification

book when so required by a police officer.

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detained for such period, not exceeding forty-eight hours, as may be necessary for the purpose specified in subsection (2).

(2) A police officer shall issue to such person a duplicate identification book containing the particulars prescribed in paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 6 and for that purpose may exercise the powers specified in paragraph (c) of that subsection.

BC. A person against whom a police supervision order has been made shall, during the currency thereof, produce his identification book for examination when required to do so by a police officer.".

Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1)-

() by the deletion of the words "guilty of an offence” and the substitution therefor of the following-

"guilty of an indictable offence":

(u) by the insertion in paragraph (e) after the word "been" of the following—

"destroyed.":

(ii) by the deletion of the comma at the end of para- graph (e) and the substitution therefor of a semi-colon;

(iv) by the addition after paragraph (e) of the following new paragraph--

"(f) without reasonable excuse fails to report forthwith

the loss of his identification book,"

(6) by the addition after subsection (2) of the following new sub-

sections-

"(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence contrary to paragraph (2) of subsection (1) the court or magistrate may, in addition to any other penalty which he may inflict for such offence—

(a) if the police supervision order to which such person is subject is current at the date of con- viction, order that the period of police super- vision specified in such order be extended by a further period which shall not be greater than the period between the date on which he first failed to report and the date of his conviction for such offence;

Amendment

of section 12,