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order the seizure and forfeiture of any copies of the seditious publica. tion in the possession of
(a) the person convicted; or
(5) any other person named in the order, if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that the copies are in the possession of the other person for the use of the person convicted.
(4) Any coples scized under sub- section (3) shall be disposed of as the court may direct; but no copies shall be destroyed until the expiration of the period within which an appeal may be lodged or, if an appeal in lodged, until the appeal has been fually determined or abandoned.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 17th day of November, 1971.
HONG KONG
No. 61 OF 1971.
I assent.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Clerk to the Legislative Council,
Augu
Mungin Numan-bahan
Acting Governor.
18th November, 1971.
An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.
[19th November, 1971.]
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) (No. 3) Ordinance 1971.
1. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 24A, the following new section—
"Joint trial of indict- Dients.
24B. Where two or more indictments each con- tain any one count alleging the same particulars, other than the names of the persons concerned in the commission of the offence, the court may, on the application of the Attorney General, order that such indictments be tried together.".
Short tille.
Addition of new section 24B. (Cap. 2213
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