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HONG KONG

No. 58 or 1972

I assent.

Enclosure No./

Hugh Women Wohnen

Acting Governor.

31st August, 1972.

An Ordinance to amend the Legal Aid Ordinance.

[1st September. 1972]

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 Legal Aid (Amend- ment) Ordinance 1972.

2. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsec- tions-

(Cap. 241)

(Cap. 199)

"(3) Every person holding an appointment under subsection (1) shall, when performing any duty or exercising any power under this Ordinance or under rules made pursuant to section 9A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, have all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties of a barrister and solicitor duly admitted under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, including a right of audience before any court:

Short title.

Amendment of section 3.