1973-HKRS28-16-21_Part02 — Page 8

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

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HONG KONG

No. 15 OF 1973

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Governor.

J5th February, 1973.

An Ordinance to amend the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance and to amend consequentially the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance.

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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 Juvenile Offenders (Amendment) Ordinance 1973 and shall come into operation on

Short title and commencemeat

Amendment of

a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette. 2 The long title of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "for proceedings in reference to juvenile offenders" long title. and substituting the following-

"for juvenile courts and juveniles”.

3. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) being renumbered as subsection (1);

(b) inserting after the definition of "guardian" the follow-

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*"Panel" means the Juvenile Courts Advisory Panel appointed under subsection (2) of section 38;

(Cap. 226)

Amendment of section 2.