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HONG KONG

No. 29 of 1968.

I assent.

Hruch

Governor.

25th July, 1968,

An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.

[26th July, 1968.)

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 1968.

1. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 67 the following new section—

"Time

from which

sentence

to run.

kt. 10 & 11 BEL 14. 15.)

67A. (1) A sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court shall take effect from the beginning of the day on which it is imposed, unless the court otherwise directs.

(2) The length of any term of imprisonment imposed by a court shall be treated as reduced by any period during which the offender was in custody before the sentence by reason only of having been-

(a) committed for trial:

Short title.

Addidea of

new section

67A. COM 22L