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HONG KONG

No. 70 of 1967.

I assent.

Khench

Governor,

30th November, 1967.

An Ordinance to amend further the Criminal Procedure Ordinance and to make consequential amendment to the Magistrates Ordinance.

[1st December, 1967.]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 1967.

2. Section 101 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting subsection (†) and substituting the follow-

ing

"(1) The powers of arrest conferred by this section shall apply to offences for which the sentence is fixed by law or for which a person may under or by virtue of any law be sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months, and to attempts

Short title.

Amendment of section 101. (Cap. 24.)