Amendment of
section 4.
Addition of
new section 2.
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3. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) by inserting, after "distributes", the following-
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", displays".
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 7, the following new section-
""Power to
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This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the hill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
remove
seditious
publica-
tions.
B.
(1) Any police officer or public officer
may
(2)
enter any premises or place:
(b)
stop and board any vehicle, tramcar, train or vessel,
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and remove therefrom or obliterate any seditious publication.
(2) Any police officer or public officer may-- (a) break open any outer or inner door of any premises or place which he is empowered by this section to enter;
(b) remove by force any person or thing obstructing any removal or obliteration which he is empowered by this section to make:
(c) detain any vehicle, tramcar, train or vessel until any seditious publication has been re- moved or obliterated therefrom:
(d) remove any person from any vehicle, tram- car, train or vessel while any seditious publication is removed or obliterated.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in part. graph (a) of subsection (1), the powers conferred thereby shall, if the seditious publication is not visible from a public place, only be exercised-
(a) with the prior permission of the occupier of
the premises or place; or
(b) under and in accordance with a warrant issued by a magistrate for such purpose.”.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this day of March, 1970.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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