1974-HKRS28-16-22_Part01 — Page 7

Amendment

of section 5.

Addition of section 5.4.

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that he is not a fit person to be so detained" and substituting the following

"otherwise unsuitable for committal to custody in a training centre".

Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(✔) in subsection (1), by deleting "four years from the date

of his sentence" and substituting the following-

"three years from the date of his release";

(b) by inserting, after subsection (1), the following new

subsection-

"(1A) A person who fails to comply with any requirement for the time being specified in a notice given to him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable 'on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.":

(c) in proviso (g) to subsection (2), by deleting "four years from the date of sentence" and substituting the follow- ing-

"three years from the date he is first released"; and

(d) by deleting subsection (3).

4.

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 5, the following new section-

'Effect of imprison-

ment or further

sentence of detention.

5A. If a person in respect of whom a sentence of detention in a training centre, or a supervision notice or order of recall under section 5, is in force is sentenced to imprisonment-

(a) for a term of two years or less, the sentence of detention, supervision notice or order of recall shall be suspended until the expiration of his term of imprisonment;

(b) for a term of more than two years or a new sentence of detention in a training centre is passed on him, the first-mentioned sentence of detention in a training centre, or the super- vision notice or order of recall, as the case may be, shall cease to have effect.".

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Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended in sub- Amendment section (2) by deleting "detained in a training centre" in the first of section 7. place where it occurs and substituting the following-----

"in respect of whom a sentence of detention in a training

centre is in force".

7.

Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "rules" and substituting

the following-

"regulations"; and

(8) by deleting subsection (2).

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 30th day of January, 1974,

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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.

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.

Amendment of section 3.