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(3) The common law offence of arson is abolished.

(4) No repeal or amendment by this section of any enact- ment relating to procedure or to the jurisdiction or powers of any court shall affect the operation of that enactment in relation to offences committed before the repeal or amendment takes effect or to the proceedings for any such offence.

(Cap. 96.)

1. Forestry Ordinance.

(Cap. 99,)

2. Railways Ordinance.

(Cap. 105.)

3. Public Lighting

Ordinance.

[Cap. 106)

(CIA 1073

(Cap. 132. mob. Jer.)

(Cap. 174)

4. Telecommunication Ordinance.

5. Tramway Ordinance.

6. Public Conveniences

(New Territories) Regulations.

7. Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS

1. Section 21 is amended-

8. Births Registration

(Special Registers) Ordinance.

9. Death Registration

(Special Registers) Ordinance.

10. Marriage Ordinance,

(s. 4(2)]

11. Falsification of Dezu-

ments Ordinance.

(a) by deleting paragraph (6) aud

substituting the following-

(b) plucks or damages Any bad, blossom or leaf of

any tree, shrub or plant:""; And

(b) by deleting paragraph (zł),

2. The Schedule is amended by deleting "Cap. 211. Malicious Damage Ordinance." and "S 16; a. 17 and s. 18." and substituting respectively the following- "Cap. 200. Crimes Ordinance. und

**3. 20 in respect of

anything

forming part of land,"

Section 61 is amended by deleting defaces or in any way injures".

Section 4 is amended by deleting "who wilfully injures, displaces or damages any of the posts, standards or brackets pro- vided under this Ordinance or".

Section 25 is amended in paragraph (c) by deleting "destroys,”.

Section 57 is amended by deleting "or defaces or destroys any mark made for the purpose of setting out the line of the tram- way, or damages or destroys any property of the company.".

Regulation 6 is amended by deleting paragraph (g)

Section 26 is repealed.

13. Criminal Procedure Ordinance.

Section 11 is repealed.

(03p. (71)

Section II is repealed.

Section 32 is amended by deleting defaces, alters or destroys" and substituting the following-

"or alters".

1. Section 7 is amended-

(a) by deleting paragraph (a); and (b) in paragraph (6) by deleting "such register" and substituting the fol lowing-

2.

"register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths or burials which is by law authorized or required to be kept in the Colony."

Section 2 is amended. in pura- graph (c) by deleting "unlawfully destroys, defaces, injures, or'.

1. Section 73 is repealed and re- placed by the following

"Power

Daward

73, (1) Where a person is compensation. Convicted of an offence, the court may, in addition to pa59- ing such senience as may otherwise by law be passed or making an order under section 107(1), order the person so CON- victed to pay to any aggrieved person

such compensation for-

(a) personal injury; (6) loss of or damage to

property; or

(c) both such injury and

loss or damage,

as it thinks reasonable.

(2) The amount ordered as compensation under sub- section (1) shall be deemed a judgment debt due to the per- son entitled to receive the same from the person so convicted, and the order for payment of compensation may be enforced in such and the same manner

(Cap. 176.)

(CAN 181.)

(Cap. 208)

(Op. 21)