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Repeal and

replaced t Macdoa 24.

Amendment of DEGUOG 25.

Consequential Bureaudem. (Cap. 231)

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(b) a criminal offence against the law DË,

any place outside Hong Kong.

20F. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to preclude-

(a) the summary dismissal of any officer of the Prisons Department or other person employed in the prisons in accordance with Colonial Regulationu and Regulations of the Government;

(6) the termination of the employment in accordance with Colonial Regulations of any such officer or person on the grounds that, having regard to the Conditions of the public service, the usefulness of the officer or person thereto and all other circum- stances of the case, such termination is desirable in the public interest,'

5. Section 24 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following—

"Powers of decodoo.

24. (1) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of this or any other Ordinance and subject to any special instructions of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner may exercise and perform any of the powers, functions and dulies which are conferred or imposed upon The Commissioner by this or any other Ordinance except any power to dismiss a subordinate officer which may be conferred on the Commissioner by or under this Ordinance.

(2) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of this or any other Ordinance and subject to any special instructions of the Governor, the Commissioner may authorize any senior officer by name, office or appointment to exercise and perform any of the powers, functions and duties which are" conferred or imposed upon the Commis sioner by this or any other Ordinance except any power to dismiss à subordinate officer which may be conferred on the Commissioner by or under this Ordinance.",

Section 25 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1), by inserting, after paragraph (dd), the following

new paragraph-

"(de) the conferring on any officer of the Prisons Department. or other person employed in the prisons of rights of appeal against a finding of guilt or a punishment awarded;"; and

(b) by adding, after subsection (2), the following new subsection-

"(3) Rules made under paragraph (de) of subsection (1) may authorize the Governor to delegate to the Secretary for the Civil Service, or to a publle officer not below the rank of Secretary, the determination of an appeal referred to in that paragraph.”.

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Section 37(3) of the Police Force Ordinance is amended by deleting "" and substituling the following--

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Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this fat tay of June,

Clerk to the Legislaße 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 bi

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

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