at any specited time any specined omov; «uu (b) to be signed by the Chief Secretary, hall be admitted in such proceedings by any court on it production without further proof.
(2) On the production of a certificate under subsection (1) the court before which it is produced shall, until the contrary is proved, presume
(a) that the facts stated therein are true; and
(b) that the certificate was signed by the Chief Secretary): (3) En this section, “official emoluments" included)
pension or gratuity payable under the Pensions Ordinance
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the Hong Kong Eégislative Council this 2nd day of August,
EONG CUNG
No. 70 of 1978
Clerk to the Legislative Council
printed impression has been carefully compared by me bill, and is found by mê to be a true and correctly opy of the said bill,
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1 assent.
Doughshuts
Aethe Governor.
ård August, 1978.
An Ordinance. to amend the Magistrates Ordinance.
[4th August, 1978)
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1- (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Magistrates (Amand- Short die and ment) Ordinance 1978.
(2) Section 2 shall come into operation on the 1st October 1978.
2. The principal Ordinance is amended in Part 1 by adding after Adonion of oction 7 the following new sections—
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7A. (1) A magistrate may bear and determine any proceedings, either wholly or in part, with the advice of one assessor selected by the Registrar of the Supreme Court from the panel of assessors referred to in subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Chief Justice shall, after consultation with the Secretary for Home Affairs. appoint a panel of assessors and shall fix the fees which shall be paid to an assessor for his services.
(3) Notice of appointment of any person to the panel of assessors shall be published in the Gazette.
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7A, 7B and C. (Cap. 217.)
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